Fuente de Piedra II Quito
Juan Leon Mera 721, Baquedano Quito, Ecuador
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Ecuador
We arrived in Quito, Ecuador on 26th July and spent just over a week travelling through Ecuador before the start of our Galapagos cruise on 3rd August. In Quito we went to the Mitad del Mundo or Centre of the Earth, where we stood on the equator line, latitude zero (check out the nerds in the photo!) and visited Cotopaxi National Park, where we …
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Galapagos Island, Part 3
... program, making it illegal to harvest tortoises, and an eradication program that eliminated all the goats. The remaining 12 female and three male tortoises were brought to Santa Cruz to begin the reintegration program that has resulted in today’s healthy population. A mature male weighs about 500 pounds, and the female less than 200 pounds. They reach sexual maturity between the ages of 25 and 30 and, since they live to ...
Quito - high altitude city living ...again!
... poincetias, hibiscus and other tropical flowers. It’s quite common to see men walking along with a 3 foot machete in their hands as if they’d never go anywhere without one. Frequently we pass people riding horses, donkeys or mules. I’ve never seen so many fruit that I can’t identify and at times the giant leaves of tropical trees make you feel very much like you are in a Henri Rousseau painting. On the roads there is a ...
Primeros dias
Thursday, 8th December
I arrived at Quito airport with only half an hour of delay. As I was in Business class, I was one of the first ones to go through customs and get my suitcase. I was picked up by the director of the school herself as there was another change in my hostfamily! Unbelievable!
Viernes, el 9 de diciembre
Durmí bien y despues del desayuno caminé a la escuela para recibir más información y para hacer el test ...
Epilogue, A Month In and a New Group
... 5 of us who are really hanging around together.
There are three other couples on the trip, but at the moment I am spending my time with the scarily knowledgeable Jake and Caroline and the lovely Italians, (who as well as being knowledgeable speak fluent English, an amazing amount of Spanish – oh and a bit of French of German) Marco and Paula.Will update you on the other couple in a few days, needless to say - late 50's, from Bradford and he has already told ...



