Ecuador – Peru – Bolivia Blog
Walking the streets of Mindo
Mindo, we arose in the middle of the night to catch an early bus to “Mindo lindo”. Armed with hiking boots, water and a lot of sandwiches we took our seats in the bus and woke up two hours later surrounded by lush forrest and low […]
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Biking through stunning Baños
Hiking and biking, heading with a taxi to the Quitumbe Bus Terminal in southern Quito, even before seven o´clock on Saturday mornings you will find yourself stuck in traffic, but with a little luck you can enter a bus a few minutes right after arriving at […]
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Ecuador Adventure Racing World
Adventure Racing World Championship, from 7th – 19th November 2014, the annual ARWC takes place in Ecuador, where 50 teams will participate. On Sunday will be the opening ceremony at the old airport of Quito. Right after that, the race starts and will last 8 days […]
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Huairasinchi – Interview with teams
Huairasinchi, I visited two teams during their stay in PapaGayo, where they went mountain biking and trekking around Machachi to acclimatize: To the question, why someone would like to do such a sport and race, Tim Stephens from Team Switzerland R’ADYS answered: “First of all, it […]
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Far away from civilization
Far away from civilization. The clock on my mobile phone says it is quarter past eleven in the evening, when Vero and I arrived at the meeting point for the bus, which will take us to Lago Agrio. Friendly welcomed us the driver and stowed our […]
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Quito – a Pulsating Metropolis
Quito, the wonderful capital of Ecuador lies on a horizontal strip of land in the Andean mountains, running north to south escorted by magnificent volcanoes. With an altitude of 2850 m is it the highest capital in the world and considered to be one of the […]
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Experiences at Hostería PapaGayo
Experiences in and around the Hostería PapaGayo. When you arrive to the Hostería PapaGayo, it feels like you are in another world. It is located 45min south of Quito in the Avenue of the Volcanoes, so it is the perfect starting point for the tours of […]
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Last stop Cotopaxi
Last stop COTOPAXI, Finally Madlen and Lars spent their last week on our acclimazation program, which consisted of the volcanoes Pasochoa (4200m), Illinizas Norte (5126m), Corazon( (4790m) and Cotopaxi (5897m). Before they started their first climb on Pasochoa, they were stopped by a herd of bulls, […]
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Beautiful Galapagos
Madlen and Lars lives in Berlin and she writes Blogs about her trips to foreign countries. Her website is puriy.de, where she and her colleague and boyfriend Lars write down every single experience they make on their journeys. „Puriy“ is Quechua and means travelling, which is […]
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10 Reasons to visit Ecuador
Ecuador is a country crossed by the equatorial line, a country with one of the highest active volcanoes on earth, a country with a rich culture and an even richer natural diversity. Ecuador – a country to travel in! In this article I want to show […]
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Gulliver Expeditions
Gulliver Expeditions is a tour operator based in Quito,Ecuador including a branch office in the city of Cusco, Peru specialised in tailor made 3-5 stars land tours throughout both of the most amazing countries in South America including adventure travel such as climbing, hiking, self 4×4 […]
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My food tip – Claudia
My food tip, If you are looking for a perfect place for a romantic dinner, if you want to hang out with friends and enjoy first class dining or if you are visiting Quito and are looking for a place for a welcome or farewell meal, visit […]
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