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Hello all,Today I woke up early for some reason. I grabbed an early breakfast at the hostal, and then headed out. I needed to find out about a flight to either Loja or Machala in the south. The 15 hours bus would certainly be cheaper, but I think the time saved will be better. I was told that there was a TAME office nearby, so I walked there and bought a ticket for the 4:30pm flight. I returned to the hotel for a nap, and then packed everything up in order to be out by Noon.I hauled my ...

My return to Ecuador, this time i went alone, and for 3month, to learn spanish. now it is like my second home, and i know i will return! (text is in swiss-german...sorry guys..but i don't wanna translate...but there are also a lot of pictures)

Can travel really change people and prospective of life..starting my blog, my very first blog with a picture of me in London.Not everyday wear really..cant wait for the mask and the make up to drop to reveal what is behind..me, the real me...

Vilcabamba is rumoured to be have the ´fountain of youth´. Not in reality of course, but apparently scientists have studied the people in Vilcabamba and they are the longest living people in the world, with people living to 120 years. We sure haven´t seen any really old people though. Apparently it´s the clean air, diet and exercise they get while living here. Vilcabamba isn´t the nicest place we have been to, we were expecting something like Banos or Salento (in Colombia) but bot...

Join me catchin trains, planes and automobiles on my year long travels to China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Boliva and Ecuador. 06/07...08.

So, hier nun also ein bisschen etwas von dem, was wir in 5 Wochen in Ecuador, Peru und nochmal Ecuador mit der Kamera eingefangen haben! Eindruecke einer nicht immer leichten aber dafuer abenteuerreichen und vorallem schoenen Reise :)

I loved Vilcabamba!! Its easy to see why the myth, that the average Vilcabamba resident lives for over 100 years, exists. The weather is usually balmy year round, the mountains surrounding the valley are stunning and well, the people and life just doesnt move that fast. We stayed in almost the best hostel of our trip. Called Izcayluma (spelling??), it is run by a couple of expat Germans and has awesome rooms, a pool, a restaurant with great food and what must be the best view in town, a grea...

Well Loja turned out to be a small version of Cuenca, but less ostentatious in its showing of wealth and more of a normal small-town feel, so I liked it.  A few pleasant parks/squares with colonial buildings and churches to admire (briefly) but little else to actually do there.  The best thing I visited was the bridge and fortress-style look-out that marks the main entrance to the city, where a small art exhibition was being held.  Other than that I used Loja as a b...

Vilcabamba is a tiny little town of 5,000 people in the far south of Ecuador. It has a much warmer and wetter climate due to its lower altitude and is very popular among foreigners, attracting many to take up permanent residence. Supposedly, the fountain of youth is said to be located somewhere nearby and perhaps contributes to the health of the local population, as many people live very long and healthy lives. There are a few restaurants and shops in town but other than that there really isn...

Another week, where is time going and what have I been doing! I got the train last Wednesday from Riobamba to Alausi and rode on the roof - it was great. I heard people say that it wasn´t so good but both Tara and I enjoyed it, it was certainly better than travelling south by bus because we went right through the countryside and got to see people going about their business in some really remote places. Riding on the roof was fun too. We got on the roof at 6am but it didn´t leave until ...

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

So, Vilcabamba. Where people live to be 130 years old. No joke. It´s a beautiful town, and I stayed at the best hostal, by far: Le Rendezvous, owned by a French couple who fell in love with Vilcabamba during their travels 8 years ago and decided to stay. Hammocks outside all the rooms, incredible breakfasts with homemade bread and the best hot chocolate. I never wanted to leave. While in Vilca, I did some horseback riding, which was incredible. We rode fast, galloping on dirt roads along t...

Hi all My name is Mark Robertson, 27 years old from Wellington, New Zealand. I'm off to Bogota, Colombia on 4 March 2008 from Auckland New Zealand, via Buenos Aires. Spending 1 month in Colombia attending a Colombian friend's wedding before backpacking my way from Colombia to Argentina, via Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia over the following 5 months.

nach langer fahrt (5h von trujillo bis piura, 8h-nachtbusfahrt von piura bis loja, sowie 1h-taxifahrt von loja nach vilcabamba) sind wir gut in ecuador angekommen. wir uebernachten in einem kleinen netten hotel mit schoenem garten in vilcabamba, einem dorf in einem sehr fruchtbaren tal voller tropischer pflanzen (bananen- und avocada-baueme, bambus und tropische blumen). das viele gruen ist eine schoene abwechslung, nach den tagen an der staubigen kueste. zusammen mit unseren amerikani...