Ecuador Travel Blogs

20 awesome days in Ecuador, along the coast, highlands and even a bit of rainforest. Flew by myself but was never lonely. Experienced the culture, enjoyed the food. Met old friends, made new ones and had a great time and so many memories... unforgettable!

DAY 11(THE SADDEST DAY OF THE TRIP) When we arrived in Guayaquil and some of the passenger’s vacation was not finished. About 6, was dropped off to catch a plane to Lima, Peru and some to Santiago, Chile.  We all clapped and wish them save travels.   We all arrived at 5…

  After returning from the Ecuadorian coast for New Year’s celebration, things on the farm became busy.  I received 6000 chicks on January 5th!   It has been a busy and stressful time since then.  I’ve had more problems with workers than with anythin…

It was 1 when we left Manabi province behind and were entering to Guayas province. Landscape changed instantly, not more dr. Seuss trees or desert instead of that there were ricefields and some rice factories. But these weren't the only changes, also the road became a smooth highway, nice! Later th…

My alarm was set for 4am, but I woke up earlier, hehehe. Everything was ready to leave. Just took a quick shower and grabbed my stuff. It was a bit cold, but the taxi was already waiting for me. This taxi driver was very helpful and it didn't took us more than 10min to arrive to the airport. Street…

Now we are in Quito, the last city of this trip, the final hurrah. (Sigh.) We wanted to do it up right, but we arrived kind of late in the day, 4pm, and it was a dreary day at that. After checking into the Radisson (Paul from CarpeDM Travel gave us a ride from the airport...nice!), we explored the …

There are many ways to get ripped off in South America. Marie and I seem to have found a knack of stumbling upon them. So far, we´ve been ripped off by taxi drivers, a travel agent and a "helpful" airport official working in tandem (conniving buggers did us for about $40 on top of our flight ticke…

Amazing trip around the Galápagos Islands.

We´ve finally made our way to Quito, Ecuador after a fab three and a half months in Central America. We love this city! It has gorgeous colonial buildings and cobblestone streets, AND all the comforts of a capital city. We made our way to Mitad  del Mundo (centre of the world) to get all the…

The GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; I didn't know much about them except  blue footed boobies and huge turtles lived there and just what I saw from the movie 'MASTER & COMMANDER'. The wildlife alone made me want to visit here. From reading brochures & researching it on the internet, we ha…

Finally, after a very long awaited trip from last year, everything turns out perfectly right. Not knowing what to expect during the volcanic eruptions, presidential elections during our visit, and swine flu emerging from nowhere was a perfect combination to make our trip perfectly memorable. This …

after a great & relaxed ecuadorian evening yesterday, which was exactly what i needed after my overheating / altitude overkill during the day, i enjoyed my last night at the hostel and as usual woke up early in the middle of the night!today we strolled through the quito old town and climbed the…

Kerry - After a good nights sleep in our hostel - Posada Del Maple, we re-packed our bags, went to pay fr our flights to the Galapagos Islands, and then in the afternoon headed out to investigate the old part of the city of Quito. Quito is a busy and noisy city, but also has some lovely old c…

It's been about five days since I entered Ecuador, and so far I like it.  To be honest, I find the people here are friendlier and the overland transport is way cheaper than Colombia.  My first stop after crossing the border was the town of Otavalo.  It has a very large market where o…

First off the Quito airport is located right in the city...so the landing of planes is a regularly performed miracle. There is no room for error on the single runway. Yes I was a bit nervous! This city is surrounded by Mountains and Volcanoes. I took a ride on the Teleferico (cable car) which last …