8 Days in the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Day one After staying one night in Guayaguil which is about 5 hour from Cuenca by bus ($10) our next destination was the Galapagos Islands. We booked a trip for 8 days/7 night cruise (Boat Flamingo $540) and a return flight (Guayaguil – Galapagos – Guayaguil $300) via the internet at Julio Verne Travel [...]
Ecuador Vacation
Quito After traveling for about 17 hours from Europe to Quito we arrived at the airport in the late afternoon. As recommended by friends we took a cab ($4) to the hostel “Vienna” (Tamayo 879) where we stayed fro three nights in a double for $11,40 a night. In the evening we strolled along the [...]
3 Months in South America
I spent 3 months in South America last year from June to September. I went to Equador (3.5 weeks), the Galapagos Islands (8 days), Peru (3 weeks), Bolivia (2.5 weeks) and Argentina (2 weeks). Also one day each in Brazil and Chile. The highlights for me were Bolivia and Argentina, but I was very limited [...]
Galápagos Islands
I went there last summer as I was traveling through Latin America. I met someone that lived on the island before going, so I was fortunate enough to have a free place to crash and, they were a tour guide, so I got to squat on a free cruise/tour. Despite all this, it is not [...]
Ecuador
I just traveled to Ecuador. Cuenca is a beautiful city, by far the best in Ecuador. I was going to just stop for the night and move on the next day, but I liked it so much that I stayed an extra day. Colonial city, good accommodations regardless of your budget, and not too far [...]
