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Shell
Travel Blogs from Shell, Ecuador
Heta kallor och subtropisk djungel
... istallet. Och skulle jag ta mig ut i de omradena jag vill, ja da blir det att satta sig pa en buss upp till Norra ecuador 17 timmar.. och det kanske ar ett projekt ala overkill. Sa djungeln blir nog senare i framtiden. Sen da? ja och vad hander da ...
MUD SWEAT and TEARS
... how people can survive here. Just to explain the Quilatoa Loop as it is known is in one of the hardest poorest parts of Ecuador. Life is tough in this area which is made up of tiny villages. Its very high and miles from anywhere but the ...
Thermal baths and going deaf!
Today, Joe Fallowfield born in Barking but now lives in Quito kindly took us Marie my new Swedish friend from my hotel and the Club for $10 to the Papallacta hot springs in his Jeep. Please note spelling coz this will probably be the only correct ...
Day 12 Galapagos Islands
Rabida This island has another colony of sea lions, as usual they are more than willing to get some shots and pose wonderfully for us. The main reason for coming is to see breeding albatross but they are mainly grown now. We walk into ...
Day 17 Glorious Galapagos
Since the end of our trip on the Nemo I we have been chilling on land. This has been one of hte best trips either of us have done, I would highly recommend it to all that can afford it, especially if you like the ocean and snorkling. We got a ...
Devil´s Nose Railway adventure
... about someone pinching your backpack. It also gave us a chance to stop at the Inga Pira Archaeological Complex ($6). This is an Ecuador Ruin that has been restored. The Inca´s replaced the town with their own buldings for 50 years before they were moved ...
Two weeks in Ecuador
SECOND WEEK Wednesday, February 13 Bought flowers and baloons for Valentine's day for selected people here. In Ecuador, it is called St. Valentin day. Spent most of the day heling a couple set up a blog site and putting a course ...
Saquisili
July 2nd - Today I took the short journey to the nearby famous Saqusili Markets, where indigenous folk from al over the highlands of Ecuador come to trade, particularly: cows, bulls, sheep, goats, chickens and of course guinea pigs! There is also a ...
Laguna Quilotoa
... words cannot do this location any justice. Hopefully the pictures can a bit. This was stop number 2 on my solo adventures in Ecuador and after the success of Otovalo I was feeling pretty much back to my old crazy traveling self. I arrived at the ...
I leave Galapagos (Archipelago of colon) amazed
... on Isla Bartolome where you can snorkel with them and watch them swim within inches of your face. Despite Ecuador being so close to the Equator, there are strong currents from Peru called the Humboldt Current and the Cromwell Current is a ...
Exiting beginning...
... later, for now I just stayed one night with my volunatry work host family and at 8am was ready to hit the road and experience Ecuador... It is quite amazing how smooth the bus travels etc...goes here...I took a taxi from there within 3min or so I was ...
Cuicocha hike
... during sort of peak hours...4-6pm...pleasant and smooth ride...was enjoying my new books in Spanish - bought one about life in Ecuador, written by former US Ambassador in here - Friedrich Hassaurek, called "Cuatro Aòos entre los Ecuatorianos"...so ...
Ojezd z Prahy
Výlet začíná ráno ve Vršovicích předáním klíče od bytu Štefimu, což zachraňuje jeho slečnu před bydlením s lesbičkou (a to to Štefimu rozhodně nevadilo). Ještě poslední ...
Cerro Ilalo - last acclimatisation hike
We got up and made our way east of Quito again to Tumbaco for a hike up and around an extinct exploded volcano crater. Oh boy. It was billed as an easy hike but what a adventure! Landslides had taken away the path at several places so we had to ...
From jacuzzi, to higher in the mountains
So, I have been sick a few days. This morning I feel great, but where is my laundry? I can't wear the same shit again today, and I only have one suitcase of clothes with me. I step out on the balcony in my underwear, and Francisco the owner of this place ...
La Nueva Constitucion
... peoples and other marginalized groups, as well as the emphasis that it puts on environmental protection (a very important topic in Ecuador, especially considering its economic reliance on Oil). In any case, the new constitution passed and now ...
Chota
Another trip brought us to the north end of the country, to a near desert landscape known as the Chota Valley. It is a string of Afroecuadorian communities (I say this not simply because the majority living there are Afroecuadorians but because ...
Mission Aviation in Shell, Ecuador
... Kurt and David were members of the same flying club in Tampa. This was before David and Maggy left Tampa and moved to Ecuador (her home country). After a very long road of training, David is now a missionary pilot and aircraft mechanic for Alas de ...
Hooker Hotel
October 7th 2007 - Day 118 After yesterdays taste of sunshine it was back to being miserable and overcast - boo! We were up bright and early with the sound of a Bob Dylan wannabe strumming some awful rifts in the hotel lobby so we headed out to grab ...
Back home...
Okay...I haven't logged in for ages! Well, it's been 3 weeks since I returned from Ecuador, and I just want to wrap up my experience. Staying in Montanita was defnitely chevere (it means cool), and I highly recommend it for those wanting to surf. It was ...
Isla de la Plata
After some debating with myself whether to give up one day of Spanish classes for isla de la Plata tour...decided to go for it...whale watching tour and little bit of hiking. I believe I went around the time when most whales are heading back because we ...
(7) LA FRONTERA
Capítulo 7 LA FRONTERA La ciudad de Rivera queda en la frontera del Uruguay y el Brasil. Del lado del Brasil la ciudad se llama Santana de Livramento. Una avenida divide la ciudad en dos: ...
(8) EL ENCUENTRO
Capítulo 8 EL ENCUENTRO Yo no había pensado demorarme mucho en Asunción; simplemente quería conocerla y recoger mis cartas de paso hacia el Brasil. Dios, en cambio, tenía otra cosa preparada para mí. Él había planeado que tuviera un encuentro que ...
weasels
So this week was much the same as last week, cleaning and feeding the animals, hiking up and down the mountains, and eating yummy food. on tuesday, another girl and I built "enrichment" toys for the tayra which is a weasel. We basically made ...
Otovalo
... fortune of sitting beside a couple who are guides in the Amazon, and told me all about environmental politics and problems in Ecuador. After all that excitement, the band invited me to come dancing with them at a nearby discoteca, but thinking ...
Day 2 Aboard Deep Blue: North Seymore Island
We awake on the second day to a early 6AM dive, followed by a gourmet breakfast and a second dive after that. During the afternoon, we do a land excursion to see Blue Footed Boobies, Iguanas, Turtles and other birds. My dive partner Luca ...
Just a note...
I´d like to take a moment to explain something that may not be obvious just from reading my blog entries... I am having an amazing time here. What I have tried to do with this blog is share a small piece of what I am learning from ...