Posts Tagged ‘ Galapagos Islands ’

Travel and food writer, Amy Everett, shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Readers

As well as wondering why fewer of us are going to the Spanish region of Andalucia, Adrian considers restrictions in the Galapagos and Edinburgh and whether his mobile phone is covered by his travel insurance policy.

Andean mountains? Check. Amazonian forest? Check. Life-affirming islands and coastline? Check. Adventure seekers in Ecuador are spoiled for choice…

A little quiz to start the day: Where is that “blue-footed-boobies” freely frolic? Need help?… If we add the words “sea iguanas” and “islands” ?… If you are thinking of Komodo Island and its dragons… You are wrong! Another clue? There are “giant turtles“?… No it isn’t Praslin Island in Seychelles. Last hint, “Darwin and his finches“. Yes, it’s the Galapagos Islands. And where are the Galapagos Islands? All those who are thinking of Argentina, Chile or Peru would be wrong! The Galapagos Islands belong
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Stepping out from the opulent marble palace-like Casa Gangotena boutique hotel in Quito, Ecuador, I found myself in a bustling plaza dating from the 1500’s. The ornately decorated San Francisco Church and Convent fronts this enormous cobblestone-paved square. On this sunny, crisp morning, in every direction there were moms with their youngsters in tow, scurrying off to school – some with their breakfast plates in hand! There was a small group of rowdy men in a corner, apparently recovering from the festivities of the night
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