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Tena Slideshow
Tena
Travel Blogs from Tena, Ecuador
Amazon Rainforest
... the edge of the Rainforest, where we first met our Delphine and part of his family who were going to be looking after us. From Tena we got local taxis (pick-up trucks) to the house. After settling in to where we were going to spending the next couple of ...
day 51: welcome to the jungle
... on the shore - something was following us, or someone - considering that people in this part of Ecuador have eaten up all the animals but birds. We passed children banging clubs on the water and catching whatever they hit with ...
Our Jungle Launchpad
... city from where we would depart on our jungle tour, took six hours. It was a lesson in the ways of how buses operate Ecuador and the other countries that we visited on this tour. Buses constantly stop to pick up passengers along the way. The bus was ...
Civilization...kind of
Tena is great so far...we got here right on time around 4pm and found our hostel easily. The hostel is great so far...possibly even hot water for showers! Were getting the jungle washed out of our clothes and heading out tomorrow to see some ...
Christine vs. the Amazon
... and I retrieved the rest of my things! Victory! So there we were, five soaking wet women trudging down the road in rural Ecuador. We did eventually catch a taxi though, they are plentiful here. When we met up with everyone else later, we were informed ...
Aye Aye, Cap'n: Whitewater Rafting Jondachi/Hollin
... bank account later, because I might not get to do this again. If you're reading this and happen to be coming to Tena, Ecuador, check out River People for your rafting trip. Some of their prices are maybe ten or twenty dollars above the smaller companies, ...
Second day of teaching - a bit better this time!
The lessons went somewhat better today; the normal teachers actually decided to stay in the classroom this time! Hopefully this trend will continue... In the afternoon the weather was hot and sunny so Tom and I checked out the nearby Las Heliconias ...
My first day of teaching at the school - a shock!
My first day of teaching (with Tom) today, at the Carlos Tomas Ribadeneira primary school, also in the San Jorge area of Tena; it's only a five minute walk from Bilma's house. The teaching is not quite what I expected. I was told that the ...
White Water Rafting in the Amazon
... were very welcome come lunch time. A fantastic day! The rafting in Tena is one of the reasons that I chose to study in Ecuador. Sadly I don't have a waterproof camera so the photos are a little limited. Day 45 – Tuesday 8 June Having received ...
Cotococha Amazon Lodge
Cotococha Amazon Lodge is an escape for the adventurous traveler and is located in Tena, Ecuador at the mouth of the Amazon River. If you get a chance to stay at Cotococha make sure to rent one of the private cottages where you will find complete privacy ...
Starting out in Ecuador
Hey everyone! For all of you who have been on my case. Finally, here´s an update. Tony and I landed in Quito in mid November feeling a little lightheaded and somewhat exhausted. Quito resides at an elevation of 2850m which is substantially ...
Last time teaching at Barrio Amazonas
... well, across the river and back, with them on my back. This is what I am going to miss most about volunteering in Tena - not the teaching itself, but playing with the kids and seeing how much they enjoy themselves; I doubt they receive this kind of ...
Amazonas
blubb, blubb....liebe Gruesse aus dem Regenwald!!! Besser gesagt, bin ich gerade zurueck!! Es war - nass!! Ich weiss nun, was so richtiger Regen so ist, wirklich viel Wasser! Aber es war superschoen. Die Fahrt dorthin fuehrt durch immer dichteren Wald ...
Finally!! Sunsine!!
... one as they were chocolate peanut butter and I'm pretty much unable to resist a chocolate peanut butter cupcake after a month in Ecuador, but complained about the highway robbery prices just the same. Well we are in the jungle, she smiled. Those ...
la aventura total
Pareciera que uno tendría que frotarse los ojos y todo volvería a la realidad.... Puerto Misahuallí es una pueblito-puerto junto al rio Napo, hermosa y vigorosa serpiente de agua que traspasa esta selva. Desde la plaza se camina hasta el malecón ...
Jungle fun
Hey, Last weekend I finally made my way out of the vicinity of Quito again, into the jungle. Tena is about a 3 hour car drive away but because our busdriver thought it appropriate to pick up people from every freaking corner of Quito it took us all ...
Living with Kichwa indians in the jungle
... is no malaria, but there are outbreaks of dengue fever so insect repellent is in order - unfortunately there is no DEET available in Ecuador, so we still had our share of insect bites - I´ll remember to bring some for the next time! The community ...
Amazon Rainforest
From Tena, I went into the Amazon Rainforest on a 4 day tour. I stayed in primary junlge which was beautiful. I met a chief from a local tribe, trekked through the thick jungle and through rivers, ate different plants, water snails, fish, ants, camped ...
The jungle
First stop on my month long trip from Quito to La Paz... Tena. We stayed just outside the town in a lodge near the jungle with views over the river. Here we stayed a couple of days and got to see another animal rescue centre (which we reached by boat), ...
The Jungle
... 're having! Largely thanks to Aaron, my Peace Corps Honduras friend who just could not get enough and served a second round in Ecuador. Right before I left, I sent a quick note asking him about good places to hike in the rainforest. As it ...
Sometimes in the rainforest....it rains.
... Arajuno one more night, but after staring at the rain for 5 hours, we were antsy to move. So yesterday we bused to Tena, and today to Papallacta. Today's drive was partially through a national park, and it was beautiful. Everything is dripping ...
Down the river
This morning we went off tubing. We carried tubes down an incredibly precarious looking set of steps, or in some cases just metal rungs where the concrete had disintegrated! Once at the bottom the tubes were tied together in fives and we climbed aboard ...
Two Weeks Without Rain
... may run deep, but when the mountains' waters break, even shallow streams can break their banks. Here we are in Tena, rafting capital of Ecuador and home to - some say - the best whitewater in the world. In the eternal words of Forrest Gump, "Well I ...
Amazon Jungle Basin
... drive in the truck from Otavalo to The Shangrila Cabins at The Amazon Jungle basin... about 20 mins from the small town of Tena. Pernilla and I had the lodge that was the highest up and furthest away ( the lodge was like a treehouse) we were ...
Midphase break = party time in Tena
It has been a near pefect weekend here in Tena. We left camp on thursday for the mid phase break. We got our clothes washed, used the internet and ate a lot of food. It has been particularly fun here because all weekend it has been ...
The Devil's Nose, Waterfalls, and Taffy
... making the summit further from the Earth's centre than the top of Mt Everest. It was also the first snow covered mountain I had seen in Ecuador, and is also Ecuador's tallest mountain. You can see Mt Chimborazo (north-west of town) on a clear day from ...
Jungle fever
... . Moe, verbrand maar voldaan keerden we savonds met een glimlach in de avondzon terug naar de lodge. Die volgende ochtend lieten we Tena en ook de jungle achter ons om terug in de Andes te trekken, ditmaal naar Baños! Wist je trouwens dat... - ...
Richtig Regenwald
Nun gings ans Eingemachte. Ein uriges Dorf. Strohhütten. Kein Strom. War halt Regenwald. Viel Wald und dauernd Regen. Aber das hat die Mosquitos beruhigt. Eine coole Jungle-Lounge haben die da hingestellt. Hängematten und den Kater auskurieren. ...