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Swimming With Piranas
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 8th, 2010
I woke to the gentle sound of rain falling outside. I looked at my alarm clock which said it was only 4:30AM. Wake up time was at 5:30 so I still had an hour to sleep. The only problem was that nature was calling and I couldn’t bear to get out of bed. After the [...]
Welcome to the (Amazon) Jungle
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 1st, 2010
I met my fellow Amazon travelers before heading out on our afternoon excursion, a hike through the jungle. I dressed in my jeans which were tucked into my knee-high rubber boots. I slathered on the bug juice and grabbed two bottles of water. In addition to our guide, Daniela, we had a local jungle expert, [...]
Back To Ecuador and Out to the Jungle
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 25th, 2010
I arrived back to Quito late Monday night. It felt good to be back, like it feels when you’ve been away from home for a while and you’re glad to be back to something familiar. While Quito isn’t home, I was glad to be back to my life. It’s a wandering life and Quito is [...]
Adventures on Volcanoes and Other Ecuadorean Highs
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 18th, 2010
Well, it’s been almost nine weeks total on the road and the end of my three weeks here in Quito. In some ways this stay has been almost as laid back as BA was. In other ways, I’ve done a lot and will be back in a week and a half to conquer the rest [...]
It’s The People That You Meet
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 11th, 2010
So far on the trip, I’ve met a ton of really cool people. Granted, there are a few I’d like to forget and are stuck in my head like a bad song that keeps replaying itself over and over AND over again. Knowing that it’s such a crapshoot who you meet in life, I didn’t [...]
Acclimating to Quito
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 4th, 2010
I arrived in Quito a little after noon on Sunday the 29th of April. My bag came promptly off the belt, I cleared customs and met my transfer to my apartment. The ride was fairly short, about 20 minutes through town. The airport is located in the middle of the city, sort of like San [...]
Final Week in Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 27th, 2010
After getting back from Rapa Nui, I started thinking about what I wanted to do my last week in Santiago. I felt like I had seen most of what I wanted so I figured I would focus on just hanging out with my friends for the last week. In BA, I was just trying to [...]
Back to Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 20th, 2010
I woke this morning later than I wanted. I had hoped to go for a quick run on my last morning but it wasn’t meant to be. I jumped in the shower and had a cold one. I got one wave of hot water and then it was cold the rest of the shower. I [...]
Final Day in Rapa Nui
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 13th, 2010
I awoke this morning at 6:30 to go for a quick run before the activity of the day began. The island was absolutely still. The purr of the ocean played in the background as I made my way through the downtown harbor and toward the restored moai ahus (platforms) not far from the hotel. [...]
The Power of the Moai
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 6th, 2010
Last night I went to a little show put on by the Kari Kari company showcasing the traditional dancing of the Rapa Nui people. Given the Polynesian roots of the people, the dances and chants were familiar to the styles I saw in Hawaii and in New Zealand. I typically eschew these types of events, [...]
