Ecuador
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The final bus ride, out of Colombia and into Ecuador, wasn’t any easier than the previous few I’d taken recently. We were stopped for about 2 hours while a bike competition passed through, so we didn’t arrive until about 6 p.m. After starting to stress when the bus driver couldn’t find my checked bag, he…
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The last stop of my travels within Ecuador brought me to Quito, it’s capital. As was the nature of most of my experience in this country, I had a limited amount of time to try and see as much of this place as I could. On Monday I ducked out of the hostel early to…
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I’m at a loss for words on how to describe these past 10 days. I could rattle off a few adjectives, but none of them would begin to tell the story of my time in the Galápagos. But for the sake of recording this whirlwind of an experience, I’ll try. Flying in from Guayaquil, I…
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Cuenca can be added to the list of cities that surprised me on this trip. It more than surpassed my preconceptions of it being a quiet little colonial town, and made me glad I’d had a few days relaxing with the seniors in Vilcabamba beforehand. Two big nights on the town were had with some…
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I wanted to chill out in Vilcabamba for a few days, but I didn’t realise until I got there that it was actually a common place for retirees from the United States to come and settle down. So I didn’t last long before I had itchy feet and needed to move on to a more…
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