Local Monkey

September 16th 2007
Today we signed up in Banos for an organised 1 day tour of the Amazonian jungle basin, as this was clearly the only practical way to effectively view this area. We were very much aware that we were only on the fringe of this enormous jungle area, and that unless we were prepared to take a minimum 8 hour local bus ride further inland (which we weren’t!), we were going to be limited on the wildli ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Puyo

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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Joan & Neil

Nomad Old Farts

Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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