Ecuador - Blogabond

Welcome to bus travel

Having had one more night back in the hectic hostel it was time to begin the tedious process of getting to La Paz (Bolivia) overland in the shortest time period possible. The first leg was mild - eight hours down through Ecuador to Guayaquil - a huge, industrial port city, and by all...

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Alex Kent on November 10, 2007 from Guayaquil, Ecuador

from the travel blog: On the Varieties of Nature

Rio Muchacho

Arrived yesterday at the Rio Muchacho organic farm - about 30 minutes drive inland from Canoa. Thursday, I met with the staff of Yanapuma at their office in Quito to discuss a sustainable development internship the first 3 months of next year and also to share in the traditional celebration...

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cjones on November 4, 2007 from Canoa, Ecuador

from the travel blog: so-journ

In The Footsteps of a Salopian ...

A totally ridiculous place - I was only there minutes before I was on the point of tears at how amazing it was. Admittedly the fact that I hadn´t been to sleep and had only a very few hours earlier reclaimed my rightful gender probably wasn´t helping matters. However, tiredness and...

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Alex Kent on November 2, 2007 from Galapagos, Ecuador

from the travel blog: On the Varieties of Nature

Spirit of sustainability

On the bus to Quito, I finished a book called Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit, which describes the contemporary trend in forest conservation toward local community management of forest resources. The book refers to the concept in economics called the "tragedy of the commons" which...

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cjones on November 1, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: so-journ

Quito? What Quito?

I love official airport taxis. There is nothing more relieving than arriving, frazzled and emotional, in a new country and having a friendly lady gently coax your destination out of you, very forgiving of your rusty Spanish, charge you a set price, give you a ticket and point you to the nearest...

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Alex Kent on October 28, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: On the Varieties of Nature

testQuito

test Quito blog page

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cantfindme on September 28, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: American Travels

Mingling with the residents at a maximum security prison, and getting stuck in Quito for a bit longer!

This is just a brief update, but I had to write something just because the last few days have been GREAT. The other day I saw a kiwi guy who I'd already met when I first arrived in Quito. We got chatting and he told me about a prison out of town, where they have visitor days. Obviously...

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Ayglesia on August 25, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: Alex's round the world adventure

Day 131 - Ecuador! Home to some serious JUNGLE, cloud forests, and the famous Galapagos Islands...

Yep yep, I now feel my life is in order again and can finally make a comeback to this blog with a bang! Bit of a mission getting to Ecuador, the plane going from Sydney-Auckland-Santiago, where I had to find a flight to Quito. Tired and slightly smelly, I eventually arrived at 9pm...

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Ayglesia on August 20, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: Alex's round the world adventure

Ummm...

I promised a few people I would write a big blog on Ecuador today...the thing is I've run out of time and need to pack for my Galapagos trip tomorrow! I've put some more pics of Oz and my pics so far of Ecuador, so feel free to look at those. I'm back to the mainland in a week so I will do a...

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Ayglesia on August 11, 2007 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: Alex's round the world adventure