Ecuador: Travel Diaries
We have selected some travel blogs written by travellers in
Ecuador. Enjoy!
Title: Hola from Quito!
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Hola from Quito. Our location is awesome. There are mountains and hills all around Quito which is in a valley below. Several snowcapped volcanoes can be seen on a clear day. It is a...
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Title: I´m loving it here...
Location: Quito, Ecuador
So it´s been (yet again) another busy week of super fun activities... really, I´m loving it here in Ecuador - it´s fast becoming my new favourite country! Last week was full of tour...
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Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
We arrived in cuenca, a colonial city in the south of Ecuador.. back at altitude!
On our way we passed millions of bananas... for miles and miles!
Cuenca is a really pretty co...
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Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
Coming to Cuenca, well over 2000m up into the mountains brought a welcome drop in temperature after the heat of the Galapagos and the steaming humidity of Guayaquil. Unfortunate...
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Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
After a cup of coffee at my hostel, I went for a stroll around town. It was a beautiful morning, nice breeze, and people chatting on the street corners. Suddenly, a man tapped m...
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Title: Cajas national park
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
So, arriving in Cuenca late we checked into the Hostal Tinku where Mira(another Galápagos friend) was staying. After marveling at the spectacular noisiness of the place with the bar...
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Location: Quito, Ecuador
Haven´t managed to eat any guinea pig yet as the restaurant wasn't serving it that day, but had a good look around the Old Town in Quito yesterday. There are lots of churches bu...
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Location: Quito, Ecuador
Settling in well here in Quito. Another Spanish student from Tasmania has moved in to the house so I now have some English-speaking company which is great. The owner of the house is...
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Title: Life in Quito
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Greetings all,
yes we arrived safely and without mishap.
Quito (the old town) is beautiful with tons of old colonial architecture, people friendly and food fine.
Second day her...
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Title: The wonderful weather!
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Well, it´s amazing what an effect the weather can have on a place!! I managed to wake up at a reasonable time today, and the weather was really quite nice, so I decided to retur...
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Location: Quito, Ecuador
Hola amigos, it´s been a while!!
Well, my time in Quito has been fairly quiet so far. There's only 9 students at the Spanish immersion school, and some of them are quite old,...
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Location: Quito, Ecuador
After finishing our two weeks of Spanish lessons in Peru, we were ready for our next adventure. We got a bus straight from the border of Peru to Quito which took 12 hours. The trip...
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Title: Not feeling too good
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Quito. We woke up @ 6:00 AM and went out looking for breakfast. We were in little hotel. The rooms are very small, but very clean. We found a restaurant that was open at that t...
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Title: Cakes being sold by nuns!!!
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Quito, Today we felt like stretching our legs, so we decided to go down to Plaza Independencia and explored the beautiful churches around the plaza. We took the trolley and it fe...
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Location: Quito, Ecuador
Still in Quito. We visited the South American Explorers club again. We needed to gather more information in order to plan our bicycle trips. If anyone of you ever comes this way,...
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Title: I'm Alive!
Location: Canoa, Ecuador
I had been in Quito for 2 weeks studying Spanish. It was time to move. My next stopped was Canoa. That was a great adventure! Apparently the shortest way to Canoa is not the fast...
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