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Category: Ecuador

May 3, 2016May 1, 2016 by Laura

The Best of the Best

Nineteen countries later, here’s my absolute favorite memories:  

Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Chile, China, Destinations, Ecuador, Indonesia, Namibia, New Zealand, Paris, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe1 Comment
July 26, 2015July 16, 2015 by Peter

What it Costs to Spend 72 Days in South America

After 2,298 photographs, 588 blood sugar checks, 83 hours on buses and 24 different accommodations, we spend a whopping $10,690 in South America over 72 days. And before we go any further, we’d say it was worth every penny! It’s funny, Laura and I were chatting last night over dinner about what we might have

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April 26, 2015April 25, 2015 by Laura

Galapagos Part 3: A Week in San Cristobal

This post covers our last week in the Galapagos, on San Cristobal Island. We also spent two days in Puerto Ayora and five days on a Galapagos Cruise. You can read about those in Part 1 and Part 2. A Week in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island Peter and I spent a week on

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April 25, 2015April 24, 2015 by Laura

Galapagos Part 2: Cruising around the Eastern Islands

This post covers our five-day cruise around the eastern Galapagos islands. We also spent two days in Puerto Ayora before the cruise began, and a week in San Cristobal after it ended. You can read about that in Part 1 and Part 3. Galapagos Cruise After two days of checking out Puerto Ayora (and getting

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April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by Laura

Galapagos Part 1: Arriving in Santa Cruz

In the last two weeks, I’ve shouted “Wow! Look at that!” more than I thought was possible. The Galapagos Islands really are that incredible. Our time there included two days on Santa Cruz, then a five-day cruise around the eastern islands of the Galapagos, followed by a week on San Cristobal Island. We booked the five-day

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April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 by Laura

My Blood Sugars in Ecuador…

….have not been the greatest. I saw a lot of numbers that I would hate to write down in a logbook for my endocrinologist. My OmniPod says I averaged about 200 mg/dl between all my blood sugar checks over the first two weeks, which is higher than I’m used to, and more importantly, not where

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April 19, 2015 by Laura

Booking a Last-Minute Galapagos Tour

During our year of traveling, Peter and I have two destinations/experiences that we consider “splurges”—the Galapagos and an African safari. To make sure we got to these once-in-a-lifetime places, we allotted some extra money in our budget specifically for each. And because we were so eager to see the Galapagos, we decided to start our

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April 17, 2015 by Laura

My Favorite Spots in Quito, Ecuador

Peter and I choose to start our RTW trip in Quito, Ecuador to ensure we absolutely positively made it to the Galapagos, and Quito served as a launching pad for that. During our week there, we adjusted to the idea that the trip we took so long to plan had actually started, we booked our

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April 16, 2015 by Laura

The first few days of our RTW trip…

…were scary. And intimidating. And strange. After 18 hours of cars and planes on Tuesday, we arrived to our AirBnB at 1:00 am on Wednesday. Our host, Julia, gave us a very kind tour of the apartment, identified key sites from the roof deck and walked us through the Quito map. We were so disoriented

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Hi, I'm Laura. My husband and I have quit our jobs and are on a year-long trip around the world! I have the additional challenge of managing my T1 diabetes without easy access to my doctors and pharmacy. Watch me plan for (and hopefully pull off!) this trip via this blog.

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