April 20th 2011 It’s too bloody early… Having a flight at 6.30am means getting up at 3.45am and heading to the airport at 4am. That’s just too early to be healthy. But I managed to roll out...
South America was an after thought, if that is possible, I wanted a starting point and I knew someone in Peru, so why not. In truth I was petrified of the thought of heading down to countries whe...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/introspective-review-of-south-america/
April 17th to 20th 2011 Another Bus ride Leaving Puerto Lopez at 4.30am I had a 4.5hr bus ride to Guayaquil bus station, where, I hoped, I would find an international bus to Lima. The problem is ...
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April 11th to 16th 2011 Return to Blue Lagoon… sort of Having made it back to my beloved beach in Puerto Lopez, the struggle of getting there just making the return all the more sweeter. I set ...
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April 7th to 10th 2011 Morning’s Catch Woke up at 6.30am and went to watch the morning catch being brought in. There is something so beautiful and vibrant about standing on the beach, frigate b...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/quito-mindo-days-91-94/
I just found out that Angelika, the co-founder along with her husband, Remiggio, of AmaZOOnico and the heart and soul of the refuge died a few days ago in a car accident. She was traveling with h...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/another-tragedy-for-amazoonico/
April 2nd to 6th 2011 Mr. Sympathetic After arriving in the Guayaquil bus station at 2.30am and finding it very difficult to find a bus to my chosen destination of Puerto Lopez, I settled in with...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/puerto-lopez-day-86-90-the-beach/
I recently heard that our sweet and beautiful Tulan, wooly monkey, died from parasites and complications 2 weeks ago. She was raised by humans and could never adjust to living in the wild, no mat...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/in-memory-of-tulan/
April 1st 2011 The Transport gods’ April Fools Joke As much as I loved Baños and as much as Asef tried to convince me to stay, mainly to be his paparazzi on a bungee jump, I headed off on the ...
https://trailingtrekker.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/banos-to-rio-bamba-to-guayaquil-day-85/
March 30th to 31st 2011 Detox Steam Bath At the hostel you could get what was termed a relaxing detox steam bath for only $2.75, so I figured what the heck after 2mths of jungle grime build up th...