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Cotopaxi National Park | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. February 11, 2016. Loading the bus in quito…can you tell the streets are steep? Cotopaxi’s summit sits at over 19,000 feet elevation wow! Which explains why there is a glacier on top year-round, even though it’s located near the equato...

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Volcán Pichincha | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. February 5, 2016. From the gondola, there are panoramic views of Quito, and you can see how the city sits in a valley, surrounded by mountains. Views of Quito from the gondola. At the spot where the gondola lets you off. View away from Quito.

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Quito, Ecuador | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. February 6, 2016. There are a number of things I’ve found interesting about Quito, and Ecuador in general:. At an elevation of 9,350 feet, Quito is the highest capital city in the world (now that La Paz is no longer the capital of Bolivia).

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Ecuadorian Amazon | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. February 2, 2016. A map of the area…the cuyabeno river leads to jamu lodge. We boarded the canoe and started down the river. It was indeed very low, but I was under the impression that it would get better downstream. The motor is broke.

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Otavalo and Cuicocha Lake | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. Otavalo and Cuicocha Lake. February 18, 2016. Views from parque condor. Views from the amphitheater where flight demonstrations are held. He called this one peluche. They let those that wanted hold a small bird. As we stood there watching th...

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Cuenca, Ecuador | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. January 28, 2016. During our time in Cuenca, we saw and did so many different things. I’ll let the pictures do the talking…. Our first two nights, we stayed at hostal casa del barranco on the river. View from the hotel patio. The evening aft...

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Mindo Cloud Forest | Jay and Joann's Journey

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Jay and Joann's Journey. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain. February 14, 2016. Our room at the dragonfly inn. The creek outside our balcony. The first bird we saw, an ornate flycatcher…it poised nicely for the camera, showing us both his front and back. Aracari toucan, so cool! Cute little bird nest.