- Page 1 of 2
- Next
Showing 1-25 of 33 results
-
The Best of South America Part 2: Travellers Share Their Tips
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 25 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights we asked other travel bloggers to share their favourite places and experiences on the continent. In Part 1 we heard their top tips for Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil and now in Part 2 we move on to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. For exhilarating [...]
-
Quenching the “Throat of Fire” in Banos, Ecuador
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 12 January 2012
In 1999, the volcano that towers over the small mountain town of Baños de Agua Santa in central Ecuador again began living up to its name. Seventy-four years after its last eruption, Tungurahua, which means “Throat of Fire” in the indigenous Quichua language, roared to life with a vengeance that required a complete evacuation of [...]
-
Miracle Cure in Banos, Ecuador
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 10 January 2012
Still ragged from my bout with altitude sickness in Chugchilan, Ecuador, I dragged my weary bones off the bus and headed directly for my hostel when I arrived in Baños de la Santa. My intention was to climb right into bed and sleep through the afternoon and night but the sight of a spectacular waterfall [...]
-
Singing Aloud and Volunteering in Baños, Ecuador
Blog: Vagobond.com - 17 November 2011
When you volunteer and travel you make a difference in the lives of the people you meet.
-
La Casa Verde: A Great Place for (Honest) Information in Baños Ecuador
Blog: Vagobond.com - 3 November 2011
In Baños, the internet isn’t a main mode of communication. The best maps are hand drawn and photocopied with scrawling notes. Business transactions can be low tech. People buy, sell, and rent through flyers in windows.
-
Eating Cuy (Guinea Pig)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 25 October 2011
ating cuy was high on my to-do list in Ecuador, despite having a guinea pig named Patches as a pet when I was a kid. After all, having dogs as pets didn’t stop me from trying that meal in Cambodia. On the main street in Banos, there are two cuy restaurants adjacent the Mercado (market). These [...]
-
Top 5 Ways to Get Wet & Wild in Banos
Blog: GoBackpacking - 19 October 2011
Banos is the undisputed adventure capital of Ecuador. This tiny pueblo sits at the base of the looming Tungurahua Volcano, along a river, and amidst gorgeous green mountains. Visitors to Banos will quickly find a wealth of outdoor activities at budget-friendly prices. The hardest decision you’ll have to make is which activity to do first. [...]
-
7 Safety Tips for Riding the Buses in Ecuador
Blog: GoBackpacking - 18 October 2011
Safety tips to help you protect yourself and your belongings when riding the buses in Ecuador.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
-
Ecuador Ends
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 19 September 2010
I’ve always thought one of the hardest things about constantly being on the move is constantly saying goodbye. Leaving The Secret Garden Cotopaxi is absolutely no exception. I’ve made some great friends over the last four months who I’m really going to miss. Five minutes before leaving I mention it’s a shame I won’t get [...]
-
Ecuador Ends
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 19 September 2010
I’ve always thought one of the hardest things about constantly being on the move is constantly saying goodbye. Leaving The Secret Garden Cotopaxi is absolutely no exception. I’ve made some great friends over the last four months who I’m really going to miss. Five minutes before leaving I mention it’s a shame I won’t get [...]
-
Something in the water? Baños, Ecuador
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 16 September 2010
We didn’t really go straight from Cusco to Baños. First we spent a little time lying by a pool in scorching Mancora in Northern Peru with our three new friends – two of which, Darragh and Elaine from Dublin, we had stolen from Mark and one of which, Will from Ascot, had stumbled into our [...]
-
T-Minus One Month
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 14 July 2010
I know, I know, I haven't written a blog in a couple weeks, and I'm sorry, but I just don't want to write a post that just tells you what my daily routine is, Uber boring. Need to keep our faithful readers somewhat interested...Time is winding down for me in Baños. Today marks exactly one month and I will reunited with Dalene who I miss ever so much, and reunited with my passport country, which to be honest, I don't miss much at all.
-
Community
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 16 June 2010
One of the best things about sitting still in one location for awhile is immersing ourselves in the culture and getting to know some of the locals. We feel totally at home in this small city and a real part of the population. Kids from La BIB run up to us on the street, eager to say hello and give us hugs or high fives.
-
Up and Down
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 3 June 2010
Everytime we think it must be over - She starts up again. And vice versa. Mama is an unpredictable one.
-
Caught in the Middle
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 1 June 2010
C'mon lady. I know you are obviously pissed at something and need to let us all know about it, but could you let a fellow chica get some sleep one of these nights?
-
Another Tumultuous Day with Mama T
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 30 May 2010
What a day this has been!I first started off being utterly bitter at this whole situation, thanks to Mama T's refusal to calm down enough to allow for any kind of sleep last night. Until 2 am we sat staring out the window - the clouds had parted somewhat and we could see the ash plume lit up by the moonlight. The sounds were sometimes deafening and varied - it would be like a string of really loud thunder, or firecrackers, or even waves of rhythmic pounding - who knew an erupting volcano could be so musical?
-
Courtesy of Mama Tungurahua
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 29 May 2010
Over breakfast this morning, it started. What sounded like harmless low rumblings of thunder turned out to be eruptions of the nearby volcano Tungurahua.The intensity increased, and the windows of our apartment were constantly rattling, but we could see nothing. Our vision of the volcano is obscured by a hill between us, and we were even unable to see the resulting ash plume because of thick clouds.
-
Green!
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 17 May 2010
Everywhere we are, in every town we visit, Pete and I are in a constant state of evaluation. What is there to do around here? How expensive is it? What is the weather like year round? Could we live here?
-
Magical Moments
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 14 May 2010
The kids continue to surprise and amaze! I can't decide what my favourite activity with them is. I love drawing and coloring - as soon as I sit down and pick up a crayon, a group of them will patiently wait to see what I draw so that they can try to emulate it. Reading with them is also so much fun, and I don't even mind that I now almost know "Huevos Verde Con Jamon" (Green Eggs and Ham) off by heart. Maybe because I think it's funny that Sam I Am is now Juan Ramon.
-
Privileges
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 8 May 2010
It's true. It has to be! The cutest kids in all of Latin America have been shipped to the pueblo of Baños and are attending the after school care program at La BIB. And we are a very fortunate pair to get to enjoy them for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week.
-
Settling...settling...settled!
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 6 May 2010
And just like that! Free time is now a rare commodity for these formerly carefree travelers! On Monday we moved into our new home for the next two months. We helped move furniture around, unpacked our bags (that took about 2 minutes!), and we were settled.
-
At "Home" In Ecuador
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 1 May 2010
We had an uneventful travel day on Wednesday - with flights to Bogota and then Quito, where we spent the night before catching a bus to Baños the following day. We thoroughly enjoyed our first night away from the Caribbean heat - actually being able to use our bed covers and not worry about the multitude of mosquitos that would surely feast on our exposed skin. That had to be the best sleep we had in a long time, and we took our time getting up and to the bus station.
-
Biking ‘round Banos
Blog: Boodle's Adventure - around the world in 365 days - 24 April 2010
With this ‘exercise thing’ we seemed to have going – horse riding, volcano climbing and waterfall trekking, we figured “why stop now?” So, with our muscles in agony from lack of serious exercise until now, we returned to Banos in a private taxi (woo hoo!) with a driver who had no idea where he was going (booooo) for canyoning, biking and hiking galore (we had spent the weekend here during our time at Santa Martha).
-
We are born, grow up, procreate, and die (Baños to Puyo and Macas in the Amazon Basin)
Blog: Trip Down - 6 April 2010
I woke up on Sunday at Hostal Belmont in Quito and rushed to checkout as I was late – the crippled (permanently) and grumpy (frequently) owner was not pleased that Mark and I had returned at about 5am earlier that morning. Martina very nicely handled the Easter Sunday breakfast we had planned as I wasn’t [...]
