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Tena Slideshow
Tena
Travel Blogs from Tena, Ecuador
Into the Amazon
... we suddenly arrived back to civilisation where our lift back to the hostel was waiting. Our hand made raft was left at the river bank, maybe someone would find it useful. We got the bus back to Tena that night, before journeying to Puyo the next day. ...
White water chaos
I´m back dating this as it{s been so long since we've had the internet, so sorry if it's a bit garbled! We arrived in Tena to blazing heat, and did nothing more than head straight for dinner and then off to a cocktail bar/hut thing, where some of us ...
An Amazon Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year, regardless of where you are. And this year finds me in Ecuador, spending Christmas away from my family for the first time in my life. The solution to what would be a rather depressing thought? Go to the Amazon of ...
Gone down river
This morning it was a little hard to get out of bed. We had a Jungle Party last night with a Dragoman tour group that has been following us around for the past couple of weeks. We dressed up in banana leaves and danced the night away. ...
Whitewater Rafting With Snakes
Ring... ring … ring... ring... I am awaken around 8am by my room phone and head to the hotel reception to pay for my rafting trip. I will be picked up around 9am so I have time to enjoy a quick breakfast of fresh papaya juice, bread and fresh ...
Yuka et Yatcha
Levées avec le soleil, forcément! Petit-déjeuner très copieux: beignet, bananes, fromage, jus...Il est 8h, on est pretes à partir dans les champs pour la préparation de la chicha. En route, on apprend qqes trucs de médicine. On trouve les yuka, on ...
Going caving at Jumandy Cavernas
We'd heard that there were some caves near Tena, Jumandy Cavernas, so we all (Tom, Sophie, Mackenzie and I) decided to check them out this afternoon. We got the bus heading to Archidona as this is the nearest village to the caves and the bus goes ...
Dec 14, 2010
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Hello again! > >We have now made our way to Tena, the white water rafting capital of Ecuador. The 5.5 hour bus journey here was spectacular. Green mountains and luscious valleys all around. While gazing dreamingly out the window of our luxury $5 ...
The Amazon Basin
... rivers. This landscape is very different to the bleak but beautiful Bolivia and Peru. As we make our way closer to Tena which sits on the edge of the Amazon Basin, the jungle appears, with mist rising above it and the loudest crickets that ...
Do you know the way to Tena?
... 4 hours into my journey, I get my first real confirmation that I am headed in the right direction ... A huge road sign with "Tena" and a pointing arrow. I must admit that during the previous 3 hours I was continuously distracted from my dilemma. Huge twin ...
Welcome to the Jungle
... we saw a variety of Monkeys and the world’s largest rodents then a little more time on the boat to get to a taxi back into Tena. The boat ride was interesting as it kept bottoming out on the rocks but we got there in the end. The next stop – ...
Andes to Amazon
Jumped on a bus heading towards Tena. Taking about 5 hours meandering through the Andes towards the Amazon. We hit a bit of a delay though. The hills are very windy and have very steep drop offs. There just happened to be a landslide and all of the ...
vacances perpétuelles
Ali Puncha, Buenos días, je dis dix mille fois par jour car à tous les 10 pieds tu rencontres un viellard, un bébé, une femme enceinte ou une petite fille qui te fait un sourire mesquin et te dit: "hello, good morning, Laura". Cette semaine a été ...
And the jungle is amazing!
... pass the time. So we arrived in Tena around noon and the drivers helped us get on the right buses to our respective destinations. Tena was a busy little town but I didn`t get to spend much time there. I hopped on the very crowded bus and left within ...
Seeing the Future
File under: Shorts *** I could probably write a super long post about my time in Tena / Puerto Misahualli, seeing that I went to see a shaman about my future. This involved drinking some kind of sludge made out of hallucinogenic jungle plants and ...
Drinking an amazon tributary
Well I arrived in Tena yesterday (6th), after taking in my first South American long distance bus journey. It was actually not too bad, apart from some slightly crazy windy roads in the mountains. It was however a short journey by South American traveling ...
Travel to the jungle
... rano 8.kvetna jsme vyrazili z naseho hotelu v Quitu smerem do Ecuadorske jungle. Cestovali jsme mistnim autobusem do mestecka Tena. Cesta probehla bez problemu, ale poprve jsme zakusili co vsechno budou obnaset dalkove trasy. Asi po trech hodinach jsme ...
Journée glande
... carte, les 2 villes parraissent proches mais la "route" est en réalité un petit sentier et il faudra 2h30 pour relier Tena. Arrivé à Tena, de nouveau, un hotel choisi dans un des guides. On va trouver la boutique de Ricantie qui est ouverte bien qu'on ...
Wow amazing
... the caves and rafting with two guys from England that we met on the jungle tour last week and hopefully we´ll get some pictures from them soon. Tomorrow we leave Tena - Bryce is sad - and embark on our next adventure in Baños - Kali is ...
Another rainforest walk, and going tubing
... was not quite over yet. Rather than taking the motorised canoe back down to meet the taxi to take us back to Tena, only our luggage was taken on the boat while we went tubing downriver instead. Tubing involves floating, and possibly swimming, ...
¡Nos vemos, Ecuador!
... nbsp; This vacation started out with an 11-hour bus ride (ouch) into the Amazon River Basin to a rustic jungle retreat in Cuyabeno, Ecuador. This wildlife reserve is set on the dark waters of the Cuyabeno River and is one of the best places in the ...
After jungle, laundry bag opens, Jesus weeps
... not sure what the hell was going on, but it was weird. Then things returned to normal. When Karen I finally made it back to Tena, drenched with sweat and dead tired, we did get that beer we were craving, as well as a nice barbeque dinner with delicious ...
Welcome to the jungle
"Welcome to the jungle..." dice la canción La selva quiere impactarnos y despertamos entremedio del verde y lloviendo!!! La Sarita dijo que era la lujuria, yo pensé en que decididamente la selva es una mujer ostentosa y tomando la idea de la Sarita, ...
Monkey fun and Whitewater rafting!
... i definately want to do again! It was the 12th of April and our Machu Picchu trek is on the 20th and we were in northish ecuador, so we had to make a move, fast! That night we got a 20hour bus down to Guayquil, then staright on another 20hour bus down to ...
Adventure in the amazon
... for the last 3 weeks it felt strange to be leaving for good. Aboard the dragoman truck and we drove for 4 or 5 hours to Tena a town in the Amazon jungle. With 2 guides, a French guy and American, who are both fortunately mechanically trained as within the ...
Final destination: Ayampe
Considering all of the lessons I learned, last week proved to be an incredible challenge. Four of us set off from the station on what was supposed to be a 2hr hike. Gato was our guide and the volunteers were Katy, my British roomate and Benny, a ...
Killing Time - the Ecuadorian Way
... out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-toed_sloth From Tena we headed back up into the cool, green mountainous towns of Ecuador. Back through Banos again, we could finally see the Volcano that looms over town, Tungurahua. When we were ...
Ich Jane, Du Tarzan
Hallo ihr Lieben, Letztes Wochenende hab ich es nun endlich doch mal in den Dschungel geschafft. Nicht so weit weg, nur ca 4 Stunden aber schon richtig mittendrin. Toll war, dass wir nicht in der Stadt waren, wo man sonst moistens landet und von da aus ...