Blogs from Tena, East, Ecuador, South America - page 8

Vejen til paradis er ikke altid let.... Det udsagn passer meget godt paa turen til Jatun Sacha! Foerste del bestod af ca 6 timer i bus fra Quito til Tena, hovedbyen i Napo provinsen, og den vej var langt fra altid lige god! Nogle gange maatte man saetet sin lid til at chaufoeren havde koert den mange gange og derfor kendte den godt, for damn hvor foeltes det som om vi koerte taet paa kanten paa de meget snoerklede bjergveje! Men heldigvis kunen udsigten tage det meste af min opmarksonhed fra de ikke-eksisterende autovaern. Wow, hvor var det flot! Det er saa vildt at koere fra det golde naermest paramo ligndende bjerglandskab, og gradvist komme gennem mere og mere frodigt landskab! Har foersoegt med med nogle gennem-en-beskidt-busrude-billeder, men ved ikke hvor gode de er blevet. Paa ... read more

here are some sloth picture!!!... read more

Well OK maybe not the deepest darkest Amazon, we were only an hour away from a major city (Tena) and there were local houses across the river, but the road in was pretty rough, and we get to pretend right.... SUNDAY 2 MARCH 08 Today we travel to our jungle lodge (lianna lodge) near Tena. Most of the day is spent on the road in the bus, but we did have a brief stop at some hot springs a couple of hours north of Quito. Tiare was feeling too sick to swim and slept on the bus and Nick still has his phobia about spas.... it was really just like a bunch of heated pools though there was a pretty creek running through the middle of the complex. The rest of the day was pretty much ... read more

I got some good news last night over dinner. Bilma and I were having our usual ´chat´both learning from each other when I managed to translate that another volunteer is due here in a couple of weeks, so i´m going to be looking forward to that. My progress at the school has been good. Most of the children know 1,2,3,4,5 in english and they love Head, Shouldes, Knees and Toes and Incy Wincy Spider is also much appriciated! I think my expertises of cutting and sticking are also coming in handy!!! There has been a lot of rain here and its good in the morning as it drowns out the cockrel waking me up at 5:00 in the morning everyday, you could almost set your watch to it! Although there is a lot of rain, its ... read more

Hello there I had my first day at the school today and it seemed to go well. There are about 20 kids all about 5 years old. There is just the one teacher and two women that do the cooking. I think i´m understanding more of what everyone is generally saying but my response is generaly limited to, good, thank you, yes, no, very good, hello, goodbye, good day, and so obviously sentances are a thing for the next couple of months. I think I might look at doing some whitewater rafting this weekend for two specific reasons: 1. it will be cool and 2. it says in the guide book says the owner is english! Since coming to Tena from quito the altitude is significantly less so I haven´t had problems with that, I have ... read more