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Category Archives: Ecuador
Ecuador 16: Week 4, Baños
The Turungahua is a 16,480 feet high active volcano covered on the top with ice and snow. Just recently, major eruptions have been recorded – with lava flow, ash emissions and explosions sounding like cannon-shots. The detonations even shattered some windows in Baños. The best place to observe the volcano is the Casa del Árbol, a tree house 7,800 feet above sea level. To get to this place, we took a taxi and went through beautiful nature. Waterfall at the foot of the Turungahua volcano Unfortunately, the volcano was totally covered by clouds. However, the tree house was great and the swing even more. Flying into the sky The path downhill brought us through lush vegetation The walk to the Pailon del Diabolo , a spectacular waterfall, was of a different quality than all the other hikes we made. The pathway was well taken care of and proverbs, mounted on wooden boards about the path, were reminding the visitor to appreciate nature. … Continue reading
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Ecuador 15: Week 4, Baños
Baños is located on the slope of the now very active volcano Turungahua, which means in Quichua “throat of fire”. The town is a tourist attraction with several thermal baths, waterfalls, dense subtropical vegetation and many hiking trails. For several days ,we stayed there and did a lot of fun things. Baños photographed from the Cafe de Ciel On the first day, we hiked an old smuggler path, the Sendera de los Contrabandistas. The smugglers once carried sugar cane Schnaps from the town Puja up to Baños and further on. The dense vegetation along the valley of the Rio Pastazas gave them many opportunities to hide. Rio Pastazas: Road on the left side of the valley, smuggler path on the right side … Continue reading
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Ecuador 14: Week 4, Volcano Pululahua and Baños
17 km north of Quito is the Pululahua Volcano. Pululahua means in Quichua “Smoke of Water .” It is a collapsed volcano which erupted 2 500 years ago. Because of it’s great biodiversity, it was dedicated as Geobotanical … Continue reading
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Ecuador 13: Week 3, Posada de Tigua to Isinlivi
When we left Chugchilán, we were not only a group of six, but eight. Two dogs were accompanying us. We tried everything to chase them back. It did not work. The path soon lead us to gorgeous … Continue reading
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Ecuador 12: Week 3, Posada de Tigua to Isinlivi
We did stay one more day in Mama Hilda and decided to visit the Cloud Forest. The Cloud Forest is on the top of the mountain. In order to get to this place, we had to rent … Continue reading
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Ecuador 11: Week 3, Posada de Tigua to Isinlivi
Like every day in the morning, the weather was beautiful and allowed us to get a stunning view down into the Quilotoa crater. Sparkling green water is filling the 2 miles wide caldera, formed by a collapse of … Continue reading
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Ecuador 10: Week 3, Posada de Tigua to Isinlivi
The Hacienda Posada de Tigue is a farm and a cosy, welcoming inn. The iron stove in the entrance hall was radiating heat all day, a real treat on a cold and rainy day. The Hacienda was the … Continue reading
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Ecuador 9: Week 3, Cuenca and Surroundings
20 miles west from Cuenca lies the Cajas National Park. Cajas in Quichua means “gateway to the snowy mountains”. The area is between 10,000 and 17,000 feet high and is covered by tundra. 270 crystal … Continue reading
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Ecuador 8: Week 3, Cuenca and surroundings
Cuenca is a colonial town of great beauty. It was dedicated as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The streets are filled with indigenous people called Cholas. They are mestizos, people of mixed race, who dress in their traditional regional costumes. During the time of Colonialism, the mestizos were the most discriminated. The Catholic Church considered the mestizos as people having no soul. Cuenca is also a center for crafts. The famous Panama hat is produced in this town. We did not visit the production site, but a car selling hats was catching our attention. It was Carnival time when we visited Cuenca. During the three day holiday, people spray each other with a white foam and splash each other with buckets of water. We could see this custom in a little town north of Cuenca during a visit to a local market. The women wear embroidered blouses with short colorful skirts. The skirts have a hem. A specific hem indicates the region the woman is from. The chola hat is most famous. It is a straw hat stiffened with white color and a black band. The location of two tangling balls indicate the marital status of the woman. Cutting a rubber band at the local market … Continue reading
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Ecuador 7: Week 2, The Oriente
Every day, new guest are coming to Sacha Lodge. Two nature guides are walking with groups of maximum five people through the jungle. One guide is always a member of the Quichua tribe. The Quichua live along the Rio Napo. Arrival of a new group at Sacha Lodge The Quichua tribe is comfortable with the outside world. In contrast, two groups of the Waorani tribe prefer to live their traditional nomadic warrior life. A specific area – the Zona Intangible- is reserved for this group. This zone is in the Yasuni National Park. Yasuni is the most biologically diverse spot on earth. This pristine environment is seriously threatened by the vast oil fields discovered in this area. Unfortunately, the Yasuni Initiative failed to protect this very special place from oil exploration. Walter, our Quichuan guide, shows us how to weave a basket with palm leaves. We were fascinated by many unusual sights and sounds. … Continue reading
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