But For the Sky

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  • Galapagos Island Hopping

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    Although we had originally planned to volunteer right up until we had to leave for our cruise, due to unfavorable ferry schedules and our long weekends off at Jatun Sacha, we decided it made more sense to leave the reserve the Saturday before the Wednesday our cruise left (so, ok, we’re also at fault for…

  • Volunteering in the Galapagos

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    Claudia
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    We knew we wanted to volunteer in a few places when we first started planning out our trip several months back. We also knew we wanted to spend a good amount of time in the Galapagos, so one of the first things we did was apply to be volunteers with an Ecuadorian organization called Jatun…

  • Galapagos Introduction

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    Nick
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    The Galapagos islands are truly one of the most unique places on Earth, and we thought we’d start telling you about our 19 days there with this post, which I hope will describe some of the fascinating things we learned about the islands. I’ll try to convey some of the excitement and awe we felt…

  • Otavalo’s Saturday Market

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    Claudia
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    After 24 hours of buses, immigration lines, checking out a church built into a bridge, and walking across the border from Colombia to Ecuador, we arrived in Otavalo, a town in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, about 3 hours south of the border, on Friday afternoon. We had read that they have…

  • Bogota and Salento

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    Nick
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    Well, after the scary way things got started in Bogota, the rest of our time there went smoothly. Unfortunately the attempted mugging left us a little nervous: needlessly judgmental about many of the people we saw and met, hesitant to leave our hostel at night, and overall unable to enjoy the city as fully as…

  • Caribbean Coast: Cartagena and Tayrona National Park

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    Claudia
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    When we last left you, we had just arrived in Cartagena, a small and quaint–if a bit sleepy–colonial town. Or maybe it just seemed sleepy because we were tired the whole time, and a large portion of our three days there were spent sleeping and kicking the end of the fevers that afflicted us in…

  • Planning the Itinerary

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    Claudia
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    As most of you who know me can attest, I’m a planner. Preparing for a two-week vacation generally means mapping out each day ahead of time, having a hotel reservation for every night weeks or months before departure, knowing how long it takes to get to and from each location, and even making notes about…