http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Action Jackson/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Action Jackson en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:33:23 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:33:23 BST I was floating 'neath a tropic moonAnd dreaming of a blue lagoonNow I'm crazy as a loon Quote from Muppet Treasure Island. That's probably my favorite song in that movie. Right so this will probably be my last travel blog since I get back in 20ish days. Take a look at all those beautiful pictures. I hope you guys do. It takes about 2 hours or more to get them all on here. Ri http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos-Islands/blog-284273.html Well again it's been a long time. This blog is going to be covering a visit to Quito and Ibarra and then another visit to Ibarra seperated by about a month I think. Ibarra if you didn't already know is my favorite place in Ecuador. The city is so beautiful the people are so nice the accent is so cool the food is so good the arts and crafts around the province are the best in E http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Ibarra/blog-262395.html So It's been a while. I've definitely neglected to write a blog on the trip down the Ruta del Sol for a long time. No matter. It's time. Let's see where to begin. The Ruta del Sol is a large stretch of the coast of Ecuador that begins in Puerto Cayo and ends in Salinas. It's a big attraction to tourists and Ecuadorians people from the sierra drool when they hear about it and people on th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Manab-/blog-261622.html Well I guess that this blog is long overdue I was intending to write it before I left for Chile but I guess I'll have to combine them into a Superblog. Now that I look at the photo selection I'm going to name it a Monsterblog. Man...I hope you guys enjoy all those photos I put up. Took me like 4 hours...though a 4 hours well spent. Internet here is sooooo slow. You guys had better rea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Manab-/Portoviejo/blog-232628.html HeyI suppose I should wish you all a Merry Christmas but I keep forgetting it's December. It just doesn't feel like Christmas down here. Try as I might I just have no joy no thrill that Christmas is coming. No singing no snow no getting ready for the Christmas concert at school right before break no skiing no hot tea no cozy fires oh there's fires here but they smell bad. Instea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Manab-/Portoviejo/blog-226874.html I guess things have been pretty busy here as of late. There's the same Christmas hype here that there is everywhere else. I think decorating was on the 7th. Pretty early. I'm already seeing commercials with Christmas themes. I doubt there'll be Thanksgiving here though. That's a shame. I'm going to miss the food I think. But hey I've got my mangoes. There's mangoes up the wazoo here. Th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Manab-/Portoviejo/blog-220652.html I suppose it's too late to wish everyone a happy Hallowe'en. I believe they celebrate Hallowe'en here in Ecuador just a different way. The coastal region has vacation the whole week of Hallowe'en and celebrates with fiestas costume parties stuff like that. I'm not sure about trickortreating here I didn't see anyone going around asking for candy. The problem is that it's too dangerous at http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Ibarra/blog-217137.html Hello everyoneI've just gotten back from about 4 days in the Napo Province of Ecuador. This is part of the Oriente region of Ecuador a chunk of the Amazon to the right of the Andes. All of the YFU students about 45 or so met in Quito on the 10th. Buses here are great you pay 9 dollars for a fare to Quito. The trip is about 9 hours long but it isn't too bad. The ejecutivo bus system m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Tena/blog-211540.html Hello all you eager readers I'm sure you're all DYING to read what I have to write...speaking of dying there's probably a murder in Manab just about every weekend. I get to see them in the paper I read every Sunday. What makes them so...noticeable...is the photos. Blood blood and more blood. No censoring in any papers here. Let me see the last guy I read about was sitting in a chair by http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Puerto-Lopez/blog-205545.html ltimgimageurlheregtWell havent written in a while Ive finally uploaded some photos but theyre on a computer at a Cyber so I hope they last. Last weekend was a blast on Friday I went to Manta with my best friend her in Portoviejo Anna and her family who are basically my family too and we went to one of the beaches there though it was dark so we didnt do any swimming. Wo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/blog-200864.html