Ecuador

Filed under:Uncategorized — posted by Shawn Stratton on January 27, 2007 @ 3:18 pm

I am currently traveling in Ecuador on a “scouting” trip until February 11. I am traveling with 12 other operators and journalist from North America as guests of Tourism Ecuador. For the last week our days have been filled with one regional highlight after another as we have snaked our way along the spine of the Andes. Yesterday we left the mountains a traveled from 13,500 ft to sea level in under two hours. We are now in the biggest city in Ecuador, the port of Guayaquil. Tomorrow we visit a local pacific surf town for a day at the beach and then on Monday, we fly to the world famous Galapagos Islands for a four day cruise around the islands.

The organized trip ends on Feb 1 but I am staying an extra 10 days to visit the Amazon and some community development projects. So far, the highlights have been visiting the thermal pools of the mountain town Papallacta where the resort had pools literally 10 feet from our cabin doors. Other highlights include the warm welcomes we have received from every community visited and observing the overwhelming human and bio diversity that makes up this small country the size of Nevada.

I look forward to developing many exciting educational adventure based itineraries when I return to Vancouver in a couple weeks. Stay tuned…..

Keeping the adventure alive!!

Shawn
President and Founder

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