Cajas National Park
8. Juli 2016 in Ecuador ⋅ 🌙 7 °CThis is my last venture up to above 4000 meter - with a mini group and a guide who knows just about any plant (and animal) in this huge national reserve, plus its different usages amongWeiterlesen
This is my last venture up to above 4000 meter - with a mini group and a guide who knows just about any plant (and animal) in this huge national reserve, plus its different usages amongWeiterlesen
Vanessa isn't much into dinner usually, so I find myself a restaurant and then go exploring the central part of the city myself a bit before turning in - very promising☺️
Didn't see much of this place - the pics are mostly from the bus ride Riobamba - Cuencas ( 51/2 hours after waiting for the bus for an hour - I seem to spend a lot of this Ecuador trip on public busesWeiterlesen
It's all rice, bananas, water, Bioflorin today - but in the afternoon I decide to venture out a bit and get a taxi. Pedro, the taxi driver, takes me up to the swing at Casa Arbol - and then heWeiterlesen
The first pic shows the view from a cafe halfway up the mountain near Banos. It is owned by a Swiss, who actually worked as a kindergarden teacher in Davos Glaris at some stage in her formerWeiterlesen
Riding (!) at an altitude of above 4000m a.s.l. along the ridge on a narrow path above Lake Quilotoa, an impressive defunct volcano, is a unique experience. It's my first time on horseback, though,Weiterlesen
My Spanish teacher is passionate - and somewhat opinionated - about her subject and Ecuador: she keeps me on my toes: 2 to 5 hours of lessons a day, some homework, and full immersion into SpanishWeiterlesen
Spanish colonial times have left their indelible stamp on the houses and the grand religious buildings in Quito's centre - and indeed, on a Saturday night, churches are packed during mass: after all,Weiterlesen
... and then we were whisked back from Puerto Maldonado to Lima - via Cuzco, where Cris, our delightful guide, a native Cuzcenian, left us.
On Thursday night, it was goodbye to some of our travelWeiterlesen
The last stage of our 'Peru Encompassed' tour took us to the jungle - a very short but most impressive final leg of our splendid Peru tour.
Cayman Lodge, situated in the Tambopata Nature Reserve nearWeiterlesen