Tag Archives: International Travel

Choosing Galapagos Excursions

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What Galapagos Excursions and Activities do you prefer?

For your Galapagos Excursions, decide if you want to see the Galapagos by motoring between islands and living on a boat. Or would you prefer staying on one or two islands and taking day excursions?  You can do some of each; we did both.

How to decide – a cruise, a land package, diving?

Our boat - our Galapagos excursions

Our boat – First Class Cat

A cruise will be much more expensive than a land trip. However, it is not possible to see the remote islands if you do not go on a boat cruise.

[TIP: You will visit the more remote spots only …

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Ecuador’s Diverse Distinct Regions

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 Amazingly Diverse Distinct Regions in Ecuador

Peguche Waterfall - Ibarra

Peguche Waterfall

Ecuador is tiny. In the diverse distinct regions in Ecuador, you will find extreme beauty from its historic Andean cities to its nature. The nature of Ecuador consists of micro-climates from snow-capped peaks (there are 44 peaks with 14 active volcanoes) to humid jungles to warm coastal beaches.

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Traveling Ecuador

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2 months Traveling in Ecuador

ecuador quito teleferico

Tom and I spent 2 months in 2015-2016 traveling the small but diverse country of Ecuador. On Tuesday of this week, as I was leaving the gym, a woman from my dance class asked, “Why did you choose Ecuador? It is an unusual choice.”

We loved the variety of experiences and enjoyed many of the local people we met in Ecuador.

Why choose Ecuador? 

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International Travel, Part 2, 10 Key Things

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This is Part 2 of our post on International Travel and the key things we have learned to do during travel to make it more enjoyable.

[Click here to see Part 1 of this post]

International Travel – To get the most from the local environment

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International Travel – 10 Key Things to Know

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Part 1 of 2 (The First 5 Things – Stay Tuned for 6-10)

From years of International Travel we have learned key things to do before and during travel to make it more enjoyable. International Travel is often both exciting and stressful.  Some of us find it fun to plan an excursion to a place we have never been, while others don’t have the time, inclination or knowledge of all the details to cover before leaving on their trip. Here is a checklist: Continue reading →