Jun 6, 2008 - Across land journey

When we went down for breakfast this morning we saw a beautiful buffet breakfast in front of us.When we went down for breakfast this morning we saw a beautiful buffet breakfast in front of us....

Jul 1, 2007 - Entering Ecuador

Crossing the border to get to Ecuador from Peru is all abit hectic and is unlike any border I have ever crossed.Crossing the border to get to Ecuador from Peru is all abit hectic and is unlike any border I have ever crossed....

Nov 22, 2005 - Guayaquil, Ecuador to Tumbes, Peru Nov. 22

Although it was not late when we arrived in Huaquillas, the Ecuadorean border town, it was already dark. ... I was somewhat comforted by the fact that the streets of Huaquillas were not alive and busy. ... A little strange to say the least! After taking turns to get our passports stamped we drove another 15 km to Tumbes, a larger but no more inviting town than Huaquillas. ...

Sep 20, 2005 - Enter Ecuador

Crossing another border brought, at last, new scenery. From Huaquillas the border town we sweated our way towards the banana capital of the world, machala, where we got a great hotel and rested up for a few days. ...

Mar 20, 2005 - Ecuador

The plan was to go by bus from Trujillo to Tumbes just south of the border with Ecuador, then get to Aguas Verdes somehow, do the immigration thing out of Peru, walk across the bridge to Huaquillas in Ecuador, get to the immigration post somehow, then find a bus to Quito. ... We knew it would be arriving late at night, and not the best time to be trying to find a bed, but much better than hanging around in Huaquillas all day and getting a night bus. ...

Jul 27, 2004 - Border crossing into Ecuador

The bus journey to Guayaquil was a bit crazy.The bus journey to Guayaquil was a bit crazy....