Date: 07.02 - 14.02 Temp: 24-30*C As quoted by our host in Rio, Piero: ´Rio is famous for its bandidos and its samba´. But regarding the two I have to say that the banidos where the ones that worried me the most when we arrived at the airport in Rio from Ecuador. Sure, I did not look forward to be ridiculed in the samba parade either, but I anticipated that I would have fewer problems surviving my encounter with the carnival than with the bandidos. With a fre...

Da har vi vært i Montañita i 1 måned, hvor nå spanskkursingen i 4 uker er overstått. Jeg ville definitivt ikke vært foruten spanskundervisningen, men det er ganske deilig å endelig være ferdig! Forhåpentligvis har vi lært nok spansk til å klare oss på reisen rundt i Sør-Amerika, og funker ikke det så er det jo alltids mulig å benytte kroppspråk eller tegning på samme måte som i spillet fantasi. Alt i alt har vi hatt det veldig bra den første pe...

Date: 04.02 - 07.02 Temperature: 27*C avg Since the tickets to Galapagos were quite expensive and our time to stay there would have been short (due to the upcoming Carnival event in Brazil) we decided to postpone Galapagos for now and find us a nice place to rest for a couple of days. Ayampe, a small village 30 minutes North of Montanita, satisfied these demands and became our choice. In Ayampe we found a nice and quiet hostel, named ´Jaguar - con los pies en...

Location: Montanita - Quito - Otovallo Temperatur in Quito: 10-20*C avg. The week in Montanita passed by quite fast without any special events. But during the weekend we took a holiday from our holiday (in Montanita) and headed for Quito. This trip became an interesting encounter with the contrasts in the Ecuadorian culture. We travelled from Montanita - via Puerto Lopez (1 hour North of Montanita) to Quito with a night-bus (8-12 hours, see below). In Quit...

Location: Montanita, Ecuador Weather: 27 - 30* avg. This blog entry is written in English so that my friends from Australia also can take part in tracking our journey. After a 26 hour transport leg with Condor Air and a pre-booked Minivan from the Airport in Guayaqil we arrived at Montanita and checked our gear into Las Cabanas Hostel. In our newly purchased Lonely Planet book Montanita is described as a: ´bare feet, baggy, surf scene. Either you hate it or l...