On my arrival around 11am on a late September day it was very cloudy and I thought that this must be possibly what they call winter on Galapagos island. But it cleared up during the day and afternoon was fully sunny. I realised later that this is the usual way the weather behaves during winter season. I landed on the island of Baltra, which hosted a former American Air base of the US Army and…
David and I have been travelling together since end of September which makes life a bit easier and some exciting time together is ahead of us. We decided to spend our first few weeks together in Villa Kite at Santa Marianita beach close to Manta, where we took 2 weeks of Spanish lessons. The hotel was perfect: we got a special price as we booked in for 2 weeks, rented kite material and I took…
Initially I booked a trip on my own to Tena as I did not find anybody to join me for a jungle tour when I actually found a quick message from Hannah. She was planning to go to the jungle and asked if I would like to join her for a trip starting from Lago Agrio. It’s nice to meet people again, with whom you already liked to travel. In fact I was already looking…
From Quito I headed towards Banos, a spa town close to the most active volcano in Ecuador: Tungurahua. Signs of evacuation spots have been visible everywhere in town. Unfortunately clouds have been covering up the almost 5000m high stratovolcano to make it unable to see it. Instead I enjoyed the hot springs in town, a steam bath and some low budget sports like bike ride (renting bikes for 5 USD per day) and a hike…
I booked into the hostel Boutiquito which is a bit off the Mariscal quarter, the so called party and tourist quarter of Quito. 2 reasons which made it a good choice: a much quieter location off the tourists but fully safe and this breathtaking view from the lounge into the valley of Quito. Having met 2 girls in the hostel with similar objectives we planned our stay through: seeing the town, the equator and if…