Esmeraldas Ranches - Reviews and Rates

Ecuador kun je verdelen in drie sectoren; In het oosten het tropisch oerwoud, in het midden het Andes gebergte (dichts bevolkt) en in het westen het kustgebied. Vandaag zijn wij gevlogen naar Esmeralda ( stadje aan de westkust van Ecuador) . Een rustige vlucht met een nieuwe Airbus van de Tame airlines , binnen 30 minuten waren we er. Vanaf Esme...

All of the boys of the village had been competing for several days to see who would be the lucky ones who got to row us in the canoa some three hours upriver to the beautiful, secluded, romantic waterfall known simply as "El Salto". I had decided that I was Kumanii's official photographer and therefore had to go and see anything that may be of i...

It would be impossible to describe Wimbi without dedicating an entire section to the river. It is the absolute life and soul of the community, its presence is felt at every moment, I would fall asleep to the sound of it rushing over the rocks below my window, and the first thing I did on waking up was pull back the curtain to see how much it had...

1) Oranges are green 2) Pineapples grow on the ground! 3)Sloths and armadillos are, in fact, edible 4) People really are capable of doing nothing at all for days, months, years on end. NOTHING AT ALL. 5) If there is something to do, just get a child to do it. This includes picking up the keys you just dropped at your own feet, fetching water fro...

So this is it guys.. I´m off into the jungle in a couple of hours, and I wanted to write to everybody, so it´ll have to be through this page, or I won´t have time to tell you all about everything I´ve seen here! I´ve been working with the Kumanii foundation for the last two days, but it feels like longer. The foundation works with local communit...

The Shop in the Middle of the Jungle After hours of driving through lush green peaks, creeper-filled canyons, banana groves and tropical vegetation, we approach a tiny village consisting of about three buildings. One of them was a shop. What does it sell? "Ornamental Plants".

Den Dienstag habe ich mal wieder im Bus verbracht auf dem Weg nach Atacames, dem Urlaubsmekka der Ecuadorianer, vor allem der Familien aus Quito. Atacames ist der naechste Strand von Quito aus, mit dem Auto ungefaehr fuenf Stunden. Zur Zeit ist Hochsaison und der Ort ist gepackt voll mit ecuadorianischen Grossfamilien, die von der Katze bis zur ...