Category: Travel
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Sunday 15 December 2024Highlights: Sea Lions, Snorkelling, Hiking rocky terrain. Today was our first full day in our new home for the week, the Reina Silvia Voyager. I woke up a little earlier than planned. There was some rocking of the catamaran during the night as we moved from Santa Cruz Island to Española Island…
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Saturday 14 December 2024Highlights: Giant tortoises, the Santa Cruz Island landscape, exploring the Reina Silvia Voyager We were up before 4 am to prepare for our early morning flight to the Galapagos Islands. A breakfast pack was waiting for us as we boarded our transport for the airport.
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Avianca AirlinesDate: 14 December 2024Flight Number: AV1632Gate: A Seat: 21C & 21D (Economy)Plane: Airbus 320First Leg Boarded: 07:27 (Group E 0:37)First Leg Pushback: 08:06 (Scheduled 07:51)First Leg Take off: 08:19First Leg Arrived: 09:03 (Scheduled 09:14)First Leg Actual Duration: 57 minutesSecond Leg Boarded: 09:53 Second Leg Pushback: 10:34 Second Leg Take off: 10:47Second Leg Arrived: 11:31 Second…
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Friday 13 December 2024Highlights: Hummingbirds Paradise Alambi Reserve, El Quetzal de Mindo (Chocolate Factory), Mariposario Mariposas de Mindo (Butterfly Farm) Setting out at 7.30 am we had a day of adventure and discovery on the final day of our Ecuador’s Amazon and Volcanoes tour. Today’s activities were replacements for not being able to stay in…
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Thursday 12 December 2024Highlights: Pailón del Diablo, Manto de la Novia cable car, Hacienda la Ciénega Today was mostly a repositioning day returning to Quito to allow for Friday replacement activities for missing out on staying in the Amazon. We still had a couple of activities on the drive there.
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Wednesday 11 December 2024Highlights: Tarabita waterfall, Jardin Botanico Las Orquideas (Botanical Gardens), Yanacocha Rescue Center Today was activities in the Amazon region to replace those lost when we couldn’t go to Tena. We were warned to be prepared for rain but also the humidity.
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Tuesday 10 December 2024Highlights: Exploring Baños, The Swing at the End of the World Today in the morning Erin set off to go white water rafting while I stay in Baños to explore the town.
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Monday 09 December 2024Highlights: Cotopaxi National Park, Hiking around Laguna De Limpiopungo, spotting a condor On Day 4 of our G Adventure Ecuador tour we had to adjust our itinerary bringing forward our days in Baños due to protests near Tena. This also meant our visit to Cotopaxi National Park was brought forward.
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Sunday 08 December 2024Highlights: Tahuantinsuyo Weaving Workshop, trying bizcoho and agave nectar, enjoying the views and the hot springs waters at Papallacta. We woke to sunshine and the rain gone. Walking out of our room we breathed fresh air as we went to breakfast and returned to horses walking outside our room!
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Saturday 07 December 2024Highlights: Otavalo Handicrafts Market, Peguche Community Home organic lunch, Peguche Waterfall We were off on our Ecuador Amazon and Volcanoes tour with an early morning start to Otavalo. We meet the rest of the group before boarding our bus for the next week.
