Latest World Nomads Adventures from Ecuador

Bienvenidos Ecuador!

steffen_graz — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:01:00 GMT

By steffen_graz | views [59] | comments [3] | Sun, 12 Jul 2009

Seid mal wieder ganz herzlich gegrüßt! Diesmal aus Ecuador, genauer gesagt aus Cuenca, einer sehr schönen Stadt im Kolonialstil im Süden Ecuadors. Doch dazu später mehr, denn zwischen Mancora/Peru und Cuenca/Ecuador gab es wieder Dinge die Euch interessieren könnten :-D Nach einer Nacht im doch sehr ... Read more >

Montañita, Ecuador... alegria

jorge_tote — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:20:00 GMT

By jorge_tote | views [54] | comments [1] | Mon, 6 Jul 2009

Hola, (For English read bellow) Me encuentro en Montañita, conocido como el mejor lugar para correr tabla (surf) de Ecuador. Todos los viajeros internacionales que vienen a este país sienten la necesidad de venir este lugar. Nuevamente he estado hablando más ingles que español. ... Read more >

Ecuador: The Rollercoaster Ride Continues

bee_beej — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:10:00 GMT

By bee_beej | views [60] | Mon, 6 Jul 2009
hola Sorry we´re slow poke bloggers, but we´ve been sifting in a great little surf town, internet has not been our priority at all. Here are our sneaky highlights since we last updated.... Hung out on Taganga beach in Columbia, the hippy graveyard, as still extremely exhausted from our trek and ... Read more >

Baños, Ecuador... Ecoturismo 100%

jorge_tote — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:35:00 GMT

By jorge_tote | views [56] | Thu, 2 Jul 2009

Hola, (For English read bellow) Tungurahua es un volcán gigante el cual esta aun activo y tiene pequeñinas erupciones de vez en cuando. En su parte baja esta localizado Baños, el pueblo donde es estado por los últimos 3 días. El ecoturismo es súper famoso en este lugar a nivel mundial, ... Read more >

Chiclayo, Peru

nomad_kiwis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:56:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [22] | Tue, 30 Jun 2009

A 6 hour journey by bus took us through the border and into Peru to a place called Piura. An uneventful journey although we were aware of the change of country. On the Peru side the land was less cultivated and the houses often were of sticks or sticks with mud. We saw some funny sights, two men trying ... Read more >

The Amazon Jungle - Ecuador

katieburns — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:57:00 GMT

By katieburns | views [18] | Mon, 29 Jun 2009
Mum and I ventured into the Amazon jungle for 3 nights after returning from the Galapagos. It was certainly an unpredictable 3 days, full of adventure and not so many animals! The lodge where we stayed was on the river and surrounded by the jungle. The gardens were vibrant with bright coloured flowers, ... Read more >

La historia completa desde Quito :: The complete history from Quito

jorge_tote — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:23:00 GMT

By jorge_tote | views [70] | comments [2] | Mon, 29 Jun 2009

Hola, (for English read below) Finalmente puedo actualizar mi blog. Empecemos en orden. El primer día de viaje fui de Manizales hasta pasto. No tuve contratiempos y termine en el “Hotel Éxito”, el cual me costo la módica suma de 20000 pesos. Me demore manejando cerca de 9 horas y me di cuenta ... Read more >

Loja

nomad_kiwis — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:22:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [32] | Sat, 27 Jun 2009

At Loja it took a few goes to find a taxi that would take the 4 of us and our packs to Diego's home, they all seemed fairly grumpy there. At last we found an intrepid individual and Kent managed to stuff 3 huge packs in the boot and took one on his knee in the front. On arrival we were given Diegos ... Read more >

Llegada a Quito, Ecuador :: Getting to Quito, Ecuador

jorge_tote — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:00 GMT

By jorge_tote | views [42] | Fri, 26 Jun 2009
Hola, Llegue a Quito el martes pero no he tenido internet. Espero muy pronto tener internet bueno y poder contarles todas mis historias y mostrarles unas de las tantas fotos que he tomado. Ahora no puedo porque me encuentro en un computador muy viejo y con un internet de tortuga. Las montañas, la ... Read more >

Cuenca

nomad_kiwis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [29] | Thu, 25 Jun 2009

Bussed to Cuenca where we couchsurfed with Patricio right near the town centre. When we arrived we accidentaly went to the wrong address and had to walk about 12 blocks to Patricio's house. He has a lovely house too and it was full of other couchsurfers, in all there were 5 of us. That evening Patricio ... Read more >

Look into my eyes, my eyes, not around the eyes...

iainjosim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:13:00 GMT

By iainjosim | views [51] | comments [1] | Wed, 24 Jun 2009

We’re still coming down off the Galapagos high. We’d been looking forward to it for most of the trip, and our 8-day tour really lived up to our expectations, especially because we were joined by our UK friends, Jen and John, who we have been travelling on and off with for 6 weeks. Everything on ... Read more >

Macas and back to Riobamba and on to Cuenca

nomad_kiwis — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:23:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [33] | Tue, 23 Jun 2009

We thought we would take a different route south and planned to go to Macas by bus then across the National Parque to Guamote and on to Alausi where we wanted to catch a tourist train down the Devils Nose and back riding on the roof of the train then go from Alausi to Cuenca. Well, the best laid plans.... Read more >

Riobamba

nomad_kiwis — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:12:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [29] | Fri, 12 Jun 2009

We arrived from Quito after a four hour journey and ate a very late lunch while waiting to be picked up by our couchsurfing friend Wladimir (yes a russian name is quite common in these parts apparently). He grabbed us and another couple and we headed to his house and out to pizza for dinner where ... Read more >

Quito

nomad_kiwis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:10:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [56] | Wed, 10 Jun 2009

$2 each to bus to Quito in a bus that looked like a bordello! It had red seats and curtains and tassles everywhere. In Quito we wandered uphill from the terminal and asked at all the places right there and got a double room with baño for $8 at the Hotel Rocafuerte. The guy would not say there was ... Read more >

Otavalo

nomad_kiwis — Mon, 8 Jun 2009 01:09:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [38] | Mon, 8 Jun 2009

Our next stop was Otavalo (.43c ea on the bus from Ibarra), we had organised a couchsurf there or so we thought but in the end it didn't pan out and we had to look for a place to stay. We don't bother to go to the places listed in the Lonely Planet Guide, well sometimes we do try them but mostly they ... Read more >

Ibarra

nomad_kiwis — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 01:07:00 GMT

By nomad_kiwis | views [32] | Sun, 7 Jun 2009

We were dropped off by the bus on the outskirts of Ibarra and weren't very impressed with the look of the place. Add to that finding a hostel that was ropey to say the least and asking a lot more than we wanted to pay, we were wondering if it was a good place to be. We walked into town with the ... Read more >

Ecuador - part 1

harrisg — Sat, 6 Jun 2009 15:50:00 GMT

By harrisg | views [39] | Sat, 6 Jun 2009
After a long delay at Cusco airport and an interminable ten hour wait at Lima airport, we finally boarded our flight to Quito, Ecuador. Unfortunately our arranged pick-up wasn´t there, which we weren´t too thrilled about seeing as it was 3am and Quito has a bit of a reputation, but it was easy enough ... Read more >

Natural Selection: Survival of the Fittest

nick_earl — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:32:00 GMT

By nick_earl | views [80] | comments [3] | Fri, 29 May 2009
We are in Ecuador, leaving tomorrow for Columbia. Since I wrote last we have been to Machu Picchu, flown over the Nasca lines, popped into Lima and hopped on a plane to Quito. Here in Ecuador we have been to The Galapagos and the Amazon jungle. Here are some diary entries relating to our eight day ... Read more >

Más populismo barato!!!

kaplan — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:23:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [39] | Thu, 28 May 2009

A falta de elementos de interés con los que alimentarse, me dedico a leer los periódicos e intentar descifrar un poquito qué vaina es esta de "la revolución ciudadana". Ya desde antes de entrar en esta "república bananera" sabia de las andanzas del señor Correa y su amistad con ... Read more >

Un bache en el camino

kaplan — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:09:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [29] | Tue, 26 May 2009

Creo que Cuenca ya se acabó. El museo del Banco Central no esta mal. Lindos juguetes y la parte antropológica resulta interesante. Pero no acabo de encontrale sentido a esta identidad nacional que lo inunda todo. Por todas partes leo "Ecuador primero", incitando a la población a consumir ... Read more >

Sigsig sputnik

kaplan — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:35:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [38] | comments [1] | Mon, 25 May 2009

Visto que Cuenca no tien mucho que ver, principalmente si vienes de Perú, una tardecita soleada me decido a acercarme a Sigsig, ese pueblo cuyo nombre parece que está escrito pa'tras (como Chordeleg, que está al lado), donde me han dicho que hay un mercado interesante. Al llegar ya nada de mercado ... Read more >

Un pedazo de Castilla en el ecuador

kaplan — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:36:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [33] | comments [1] | Sun, 24 May 2009

Después de llegar sumamente cansado, dejar mis cosas en "La Perla Cuencana" (el gentilicio aqui es cuencano, no conquense) y salir a cenar algo, me derrumbé en la cama y he amanecido hoy con un día gris y desapacible. Aún así, me decido a dar un voltio por esta ciudad de la serranía sur de ... Read more >

Ecuadorrrrrr es un verdorrrrrr

kaplan — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:25:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [36] | comments [1] | Sat, 23 May 2009

Nada más adentrarse en el país ya en un bus nacional comienza el espectáculo. Venga verdeeeeeee!!!!! Desde Huaquillas, que se encuentra a nivel del mar, con una vegetación enteramente tropical y un calor húmedo del carajo, vamos ascendiendo por valles infinitos, trabajados durante siglos por rios de ... Read more >

Fronteritas nomás

kaplan — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:06:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [26] | comments [1] | Sat, 23 May 2009

Como ya he dicho, cruzar fronteras es siempre interesante. En ellas, a parte de encontrar mucho friki, ves claramente cómo unos se aprovechan de otros, cruzando la línea para comprar eso que después vende en su país para sacar unos duros. Huaquillas no es menos, y tanto en Aguas Verdes, la parte peruana ... Read more >

Mañas que el pata es wachimán?

kaplan — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:50:00 GMT

By kaplan | views [32] | comments [1] | Fri, 22 May 2009

A petición de una de las lectoras de esta cosilla que llevo haciendo hace algún tiempo me decido a recordar alguna de las palabrejas y expresiones escuchadas en tierra peruana. Algunas de ellas no tienen desperdicio. Otras, aunque personales y no usadas por todo el mundo, tampoco. Un "pata"... Read more >