Ecuador was the first place I went backpacking in South America. As I flew into Quito airport with no return ticket, I felt nervously excited about what the country held in…
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Welcome to the tiny Amazon town of Misahualli, Ecuador. Nestled in the Oriente region in eastern Ecuador, the tiny town of Misahaulli (pronounced miss-a-WHY-eee) sits between two major rivers, the Rio…
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I’ve eaten a lot of traditional food in Ecuador. That’s what happens when you spend five months living in Cuenca with a host family and eating street snacks whenever you get…
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Salinas de Guaranda is a cold village. It’s nestled in the Ecuadorian mountains at an altitude of 5,300 metres; a temperature which warrants the wearing of every warm layer to hand,…
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Life moves differently in the Ecuador Amazon. We’d been out on a day’s hike through the rainforest to reach a secluded waterfall, unexpectedly accompanied by a young Ecuadorian girl who’d been…
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Bolivia Brazil Challenges Colombia Ecuador Personal South America Spanish ChallengeThe Spanish Challenge: Achieve Fluency Before Leaving South America
Can I become fluent in Spanish in South America? Six months ago I relocated to Ecuador, a Spanish speaking country, with little to no Spanish speaking skills of my own. I…
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Challenges Ecuador Galapagos Islands Photography South AmericaSnorkelling with Sharks at San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos
“Tiburones! Tiburones abajo!” My heart sank. Only an hour before, I’d learnt that this was the Spanish word for sharks. Plural. And now I was about to swim over a whole…
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Challenges Ecuador Galapagos Islands South AmericaSix Days for $900: How to Visit the Galapagos on a Budget
“Can we really stay in the Galapagos on a budget?” Sherri’s voice carried quickly in the early morning air. A mother walking her son to school looked back over her shoulder at…
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Challenges Peru South AmericaCrossing the Ecuador Peru Border on Foot: the Longest 100km of My Life (Updated 2019)
I never thought crossing the Ecuador Peru border at night would be so problematic. In South America, every traveller has heard about the danger of overnight border crossings – but you…
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“Do you feel older than us?” asked Mhairi, as we sat in a cosy cafe on a Wednesday afternoon, discussing our travelling plans for the months ahead. I didn’t know how…