11 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 160 : Trip to Colombia (Ipiales) At 08.15 AM, the hostal owner knocks on the door to awaken one person in our room. Although I am still tired, it is the perfect timing to get up and make myself ready for another busride. After a shower and a breakfast, I am off to the Spanish schoo...
10 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 156 – 159 : Lago Agrio “Ecuador's slice of the Amazon basin – aka, El Oriente – is one of the country's most thrilling travel destinations. Here you can paddle canoes up to caimans lurking in blackwater lagoons, spot two-toed sloths and howler monkeys, fish ...
06 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 155 : Cotopaxi “The centerpiece of Ecuador's most popular national park is the snowcapped and downright astonishing Volcan Cotopaxi (5897m), Ecuador's second highest peak. The park's main entrance is via a turnoff from the Panamericana, roughly 30 km north of Latacunga. From ...
05 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 154 : Otavalo “The friendly and prosperous town of Otavalo (elevation 2550m) is famous for its giant Saturday market, where traditionally dressed indigenous people sell handicrafts to hordes of foreigners who pour in every Saturday to get in on the deals. Despite the market's...
04 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 153 : Quito 2 In the morning, I do some computerwork, visiting some agencies to fix my trips to Cotopaxi and the Cuyabeno reserve. I am also going to an internet café to burn my photos on DVDs, cause I hear too many stories of people who have lost those visual memories. Just...
03 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 152 : Quilotoa Early wake-up call for my excursion to Quilotoa. At 7 PM a big group of tourists is present in the coffee & toffee bar (the meeting place). There is a lot of confusion as there are more tourists than inscriptions, so the guide has to improvise. An extra taxi is n...
02 June 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 147 + 151 : Galapagos islands “Just as it did with Darwin (who came here in 1535), the Galapagos Islands may inspire you to think differently about the world. A trip to these extraordinary islands is like stumbling upon an alternative universe, some strange utopian colony org...
28 May 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 145 + 146 : Quito “Spread across a spectacular Andean valley and flanked by volcanic peaks, Quito's setting alone is enough to strike you speechless. The historical center, or 'Old Town' is a maze of colonial splendor, a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1978. Despite intensiv...
26 May 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 144 : Riobamba “Deemed 'the Sultan of the Andes', Riobamba (elevation 2750m) is a traditional, old-fashioned city that both bores and delights travelers. It's sedate yet handsome, with wide avenues and random mismatched shops tucked into imposing 18th-and 19th-century stone b...
25 May 2010
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South America Trip
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Ecuador
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Last Update 20 August 2010
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Day 142 + 143 : Banios Early rise this morning, to have the bus at 8 AM, leaving to Banios. Quickly, some 'humitas' as breakfast and taking some food supply (you never know) and then I am ready. We drive trough a hilly and green landscape where agriculture dominate. The rounds winds up...
