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A Christmas Gift
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 25 December 2009
While we have been on the road this year we have downplayed the role of Christmas with our kids. Instead of receiving MP3 players, skateboards and Nike basketball shoes, we have played up the things that they’re getting from our trip like a Galapagos cruise, scuba diving certification, and hiking the Inca Trail. Part of this is economic -- we’re spending a lot of money to travel for an extended period of time and we’re not getting paid for the work we're doing.
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Islas Galapagos: Dances With Sea Lions
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 25 December 2009
The four of us swam ahead of our group, slowly snorkeling along a reef of coral and volcanic rock, when two of them shot right past us, abruptly stopped and turned around to size us up. Size-wise, we were similar and we all had shiny black skin and fins, but our family probably looked a little odd with bulky glass masks and tubes protruding from our mouths.
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Photo Essay: Backpacker Giving Back for the Holidays
Blog: GoBackpacking - 24 December 2009
I wanted to throw these kids a kick-ass Christmas fiesta that they wouldn't forget.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Faces From Around the World: Ecuador 002
Blog: GoBackpacking - 21 December 2009
The locals in Quilotoa were some of the nicest people I have met so far in Ecuador.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Faces From Around the World: Ecuador
Blog: GoBackpacking - 30 November 2009
Her favorite saying when visiting the USA was "English never...Spanish always!" Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Ecuador and the Amazon Rainforest - Podcast Episode 3
Blog: Heather on her travels - 16 November 2009
In this podcast interview about the rainforests of Ecuador you’ll hear how to enjoy how to enjoy your rainforest experience, as well as the many other diverse areas of of the country, the Avenue of the Volcanoes, the Indian markets, and the beaches of Manabi province where you can see migrating whales. To download Ecuador and the rainforest [...]
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Cuenca-stic Times!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 November 2009
By Zal Bilimoria, KF9, Ecuador Over the past four weeks here in Ecuador, I’ve had the opportunity to see much of the country, starting out in Quito working at Fundacion ESPOIR’s administrative office, and now in Portoviejo near the coast to conduct borrower verifications and write journal updates, among other tasks. Since Ecuador is a relatively [...]
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Balsa Rafts and Beer: Playas, Ecuador
Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 7 November 2009
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My Motorcycle Diary from Guayaquil
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 6 November 2009
By Kimia Raafat, KF9 Ecuador Last week, I blogged about D-MIRO’s influence in the peri-urban zones of Guayaquil. There is no way to describe the dedicated D-MIRO staff members and the lengths they go to reach those marginalized from the traditional financial system. So I opted to film a sample day! Here is “My Motorcycle Diary”: Fun Facts about Ecuador: Ecuador’s currency is [...]
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The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round, and Round…
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 3 October 2009
As Todd mention, we left Ecuador after the Riobamba bust. Now, we are in Peru. To be specific, on the beach in Huanchaco. It only took 4buses and about 28hrs. We powered through and made it hear late afternoon the day before yesterday. We seemed to catch each connection [...]
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Riobamba Bust.
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 30 September 2009
Riobamba was supposed to have the coolest train ride ever. It even has a cool name, Nose of the Devil. Doesn´t that sound like something you want to do? You were even able to ride on the roof. But noooooo, some indigenous people, okay actually it was a lot of indigenous people, decided that they [...]
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Chilling in Quito
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 29 September 2009
We’ve made it to Quito for a quick couple days. After checking at a nice, cheap hostel, we ended up in a hostel that, while fine enough as a dorm, had an absolutely terrible kitchen. We actually considered leaving for another place that was a bit cleaner, but then momentum overwhelmed cleanliness. [...]
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Roosters and Their Owners Often Look Alike
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 27 September 2009
Taking up from where Erin left us, we left the artisan market and headed back up to the livestock market, which is where we were told the rooster fight was going to take place. Luckily, we were able to find the green tent with the rooster ring. When we arrived, there were just a few [...]
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Early Morning Rising
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 27 September 2009
Good morning from Peguche, Ecuador. A small indigenous town right outside Otovalo. We left San Augustin about 4 days ago and headed to Popoyan; 126km, 6hrs. A ridiculously bumpy mountain road. Not the worst so far, but I wouldn’t call it enjoyable. We didn’t do much in Popoyan other then go to the [...]
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Group Post, Travel Horror Stories. Me first, then you. An Ecuadorian Tale.
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 23 September 2009
Bearshapedsphere and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, long-lasting voyage. With an invitation to group post at the end.
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10 Fellowship Gems
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 August 2009
By Cynthia McMurry, KF8 Ecuador Over the past year, I have learned valuable lessons about life, gotten to know myself better, greatly enriched my understanding of microfinance, observed the workings of the informal economy in Latin America, been touched by many clients’ stories and experiences, and been proud to represent Kiva at four different MFIs in [...]
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“Please, take me home in your backpack…”
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 14 July 2009
By Cynthia McMurry, KF8, Ecuador Everyday conversations with people in Cuenca provide countless anecdotes of people whose families have been separated by emigration. Everyone seems to have family in the US or Spain, if not a spouse then a brother, sister, cousin or child. At a group meeting last week, a borrower joked that she’d like [...]
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US loses at soccer, and it's all my fault
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 29 June 2009
Here's a blog entry in which the author (per usual) vastly overestimates her importance in the world.In the interest of full disclosure, here is a bilingual list of exactly how important sports are to me:not at allnot a whitbarelyun cominoun puchoun carajo(where the last three in Spanish basically mean a cumin seed, a cigarette butt, and a damn, in descending order of politeness).
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