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13 May 2007 ~ 0 Comments

A Bit More from Banos While I Wait

I´m sitting in an internet cafe in Banos right now, waiting for my friend to finish so I figured I would write some more. The hot springs were good last night. We went for about an hour but it was extremely crowded. After we got back, we went to a Mexican restaurant, and then out [...]

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12 May 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Work, The Beach, Banos, Work

Continued from the last post… I went to work the next day and started giving tours and doing general work. That night, I watched a movie in the hostel with some others. The next day I worked some more and created my marketing plan that I will work on for the next 3 months. I´ll [...]

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12 May 2007 ~ 0 Comments

My First 9 Days In Ecuador

I have been so busy here in Ecuador. I am writing this at 8:50 am about to go on a 40k bike ride with a guy I just met at breakfast, from Banos to Puyo. The first day began as a disaster. I woke up and walked to an internet cafe. All was good until [...]

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03 May 2007 ~ 2 Comments

I Have Arrived and Am Safe In Quito

Here I am, finally in Quito, Ecuador after taking the 12:30 afternoon flight from Philadelphia to Atlanta to Quito on Delta. I read that the airport in Quito was located in the middle of the city, and it really was. It seemed like the plane was going to crash straight into the buildings, until out [...]

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31 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Planning A Trip Abroad

Airfare: I took about a week to find airfare researched it using the following websites. StudentUniverse.com http://www.aa.com Latindiscounters.com Latin travel Specialists Discount tour and travel packages to Latin America Airfare and Travel to Peru,Chile,Brazil,Colombia and all South America STA TRAVEL http://www.airgorilla.com/ surprisingly found the cheapest airfare. Once I found the best airfare went through Delta, [...]

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31 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Why Ecuador?

This marks my first post in this blog. I have exactly 32 days left until I leave for Ecuador on May 2nd, 2007. I decided that I would find an internship this summer and also travel for at least a month afterward. I am majoring in Anthropology and Communications which are essentially useless for finding [...]

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