by Jonathan Evans | May 27, 2010 | Ecuador, Non-Travel, South America
Cotopaxi is an active volcano close to Quito, Ecuador. The summits of the volcanos in central Ecuador are the furthest points from the earth’s centre due to the bulging of the earth at the equator. This is a timelapse video taken from Nasa’s APOD site...
by Jonathan Evans | May 7, 2010 | Ecuador, South America
Whoever said that South America is a land of contrasts know what they were talking about. One minute we’re sunning ourselves at the beach in Mancora, Peru and 3 days later we’re exploring the Cajas National Park outside Cuenca, Ecuador, 4,000m above...
by Jonathan Evans | Apr 26, 2010 | Ecuador, Photos, PotD, South America
What’s This? Just north of Quito, Ecuador is La Mitad del Mundo, the Middle of the Earth which allows you to mess about and take lots of pictures, like this one. As you look at the picture, the Northern hemisphere is on the left and the Southern hemisphere on...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 11, 2010 | Ecuador, General Travel, Peru, South America
Was watching the local news yesterday and was a little bit freaked out to see a brief item about a bus crash having killed 4 people here in Ecuador. Nothing particularly unusual about that, but what caught our attention was that the bus had come from the Peruvian...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 11, 2010 | Ecuador, General Travel, South America
There are times when it simply just doesn’t work out. We got to Ecuador last Thursday and found a nice relaxing hostel in the historic centre. Friday we just mooched around, Saturday we took a trip up to the Cajas National Park which was beautiful – it...
by Jonathan Evans | Mar 5, 2010 | Ecuador, South America
So, after a few puzzled frowns and huffing and puffing, Laura got stamped into Ecuador for the next 90 days which was a relief as the Peru-Ecuador border was not the nicest place I’ve ever been and I really didn’t fancy getting stuck there. In fact, in...
