By Luke, on May 9, 2011, 12:30 pm
I am whole hartedly loving Ecuador so far, so much so it is posing me some difficult questions. Sometime while we where in the Amazon we decided that we where going to extend our trip for a month, it could have easily been a few months but we love glastonbury music festival and have tickets so will now be heading back in mid June. The original idea was to use that month to travel north and do a loop of Columbia but now i am not sure for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, having spent a large amount of time in Iquitos volunteering we did not really get the opportunity to experience the jungle the way that we would have liked. I think we would both like to have have a jungle experience that is a little more raw than what we had in Iquitos. Also while in Iquitos Ecuador, Columbia, Ecuador, no wait…… Columbia
By Luke, on May 3, 2011, 6:45 pm
After a wild journey from Iquitos to Equador we arrived late in Vilcabumba, it was Easter Sunday and after a fun filled weekend the town was dead. We where shattered so just found a bed and slept. We had herd that their was a nice Eco lodge just out of town so the next morning after grabbing some breakfast we went it search of it.
Rumi Wilko is around 10 minute walk put of town and is clearly signposted. The owners have created a nature reserve on their land and have cabins along the river and shared rooms which where basic but adorable. Within the reserve their are a number of walks of up to two hours, we went out for a walk in the afternoon. Some of the paths where a little overgrown and their where a huge number of spiders which was kinda good to take some Vilcabamba, a magic place in Southern Equador.
By Luke, on April 21, 2011, 3:23 am
Arriving at Ceiba Tops lodge i cant help but feel conflicted. Is this the jungle experience that I wanted when i planned to come to the amazon jungle? One thing i am sure of is that this is not what i had ever imagined. Its no surprise to me that a place like this exists but i never thought i would have the opportunity to stay here.
For the past 4 nights myself and the rest of the AmazonCares Volunteers have been staying in what i would call more than adequate accommodation. Arriving at Ceiba Tops you immediately realise that it is on another level. Air con, hot running water, concrete path ways, Jacuzzi and pool are a dead give away. As we got off the boat to take a shortcut overland between the river Napo and Amazon one of the other volunteers was obviously looking forward to our Conflicted in the Amazon Jungle
By Luke, on August 24, 2010, 12:45 pm
I have been reading some blog posts recently about travelers, written by travelers. The article that got me thinking about this was from the Nerdy Nomad who speculated whether some of the travel blogging community are braggers or inspiring. Please bare in mind that i am a newbie at this game, I have not had allot to do with travel blogging community other than read, i have not done any real adventure travel as yet but I don’t believe there is any clear answer to this one. People are individuals and express them selves to that effect. As far as i can tel what makes the travel writing/blogging world so interesting is that you have so many views and opinions kicking around. People continue to write about places, all the places that i am going to go to next year have been written about already, they will be wrote about again. We all have different perceptions of Travel writing, my style…
By Luke, on August 24, 2009, 3:00 pm
Its hard to know whatto expect from my travel journey around the world. I try to think about the reasons why I am making my Journey and its only natural to think about my expectations of travel – here’s a little more on the subject. Around the world Travel, Expectations
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