Provincia de Imbabura Travel and Tourism Guide

We set our alarm for 6am and dragged ourselves groggy-eyed to the local animal market, where we were engulfed by locals in their gorgeous traditional dress of vibrant coloured ponchos, pork-pie hats, lace-up sandals, and intricately embroided lace blouses (We took lots of sneaky photos!). We weaved through the crowd of people and animals who were (much to Arlene´s distress) awaiting their fate on the locals chopping boards. The market was completely alive and we really ...

At 6:30am the captain awakens us with his soothing voice for our wake-up call. I almost felt like I had to go to work until I realise we are on a ship. Today was the day we were to finally see the Blue Footed Boobies. They look so pretty in pictures I have seen. After breakfast, we sat in the lounge waiting for our group of Frigates to be called. Our guide for the morning excursion to FERNANDINA was Deliah. We had a dry landing and walked on PUNTA ESPINOSA that has a lava field. Fernandina is...

Let me invite you to a journey that starts in the wild lands of Africa, takes you to the mysterious temples of Asia, to the breathtaking atolls of the pacific islands, that continues in South America and ends up in Andalousia. Please come with me and I hope you will enjoy the trip.

I had high expectations of this trip but so far Ecuador is exceeding all expectations.  Everywhere you look, there is jaw dropping scenery.  Quito is surrounded by mountains, but the journey from Quito to Otavalo was even more impressive with mountains that you can´t see the top of due to them being above the clouds.  The locals are really friendly and although no-one knows any English, Dave and I are getting by ok. Otavalo is famous for its Saturday market to which we went t...