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South America » Ecuador » South » Huaquillas August 8th 2007

Well, we made it, with all 56 pieces of luggage. Every single one checked through. Every single one made it just fine, including Emmy´s giant Christmas boxes and the handbells. Although a little late, we got a good night´s sleep in Guayaquil and headed to Huaquillas in the morning. Another road trip - 1 5 hour bumpy ride and we were there. But what a memorable greeting by the church. We met with the church and have our game plan for construction, VBS and the evangelism meetings. Here we go, tomorrow is a fullday.... read more
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South America » Ecuador » South » Huaquillas January 14th 2007

If I'd have known that this day was going to be the worst day of my whole traveling experience I would not have bothered getting up at 7am and popped a few Immodium helping to keep their manufacturers in the FTSE 100. The reason for such an early start was that after deciding to bypass Ecuador and go to Columbia instead I was going to have to catch 3 different buses totaling 16 hours and get to Quito to collect my bank card from the embassy allowing me to then travel to Columbia. I had been advised under no circumstances cross the Peruvian border on foot as it is a nightmare and unsafe. The Saga begins The first part of the journey was a collectivo ride (public minibus) to Tumbes where I would have to catch ... read more




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