Parr Planet – Travels with Stephen & Kathleen
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Ecuador – Galapagos Islands June 18, 2014 Less than 3 hours by plane off of the coast of Ecuador lie the Galapagos Islands. A visit to these islands is a dream come true for bird watchers, nature lovers, and the amatuer photographer in all of us. We had the great fortune to stay on a …
Ecuador – Quito June 13, 2014 We flew out of Armenia, Columbia (which was amazing after the long bus ride there) to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It is a surprise to realize that we have now entered the last country we will be visiting on this stage of our world trip! Quito has just …
Columbia – Armenia & the Coffee Triangle June 9, 2014 A 6.5 hour bumpy, windy, pretty bus ride brought us into the fertile interior of Columbia. Here you couldn’t go too far without seeing expansive plantain, pineapple, and of course coffee planatations spanning the verdant hills. We booked a room at a place recommended by …
Columbia – Cartegena June 2, 2014 Ah, Cartegena, colonial tropical paradise…we had heard so many good things about this town that we couldn’t wait to get there. We had a whole 5 nights, and the town and the beach awaited! The first night, by the time we were settled in, it was dark, but the …
Columbia, Bogota June 1, 2014 Bogota, cool, beautiful, interesting, mountainous. At 8,612 ft., Bogota seems to be in a completely different climate than the rest of Columbia and we got a break from the hot and extremely humid weather we had been experiencing in the Amazon. Unfortunately, we only had one day in Bogota, but …
Columbia – Leticia May 31, 2013 We flew to the little airport in Tabatinga, Columbia and then drove the kilometer or so across the border into Leticia, Columbia. We arrived on a Saturday night and the small town was absolutely hopping. The town was on the a river and we went down to the riverfront …
Brazil – Manaus and the Amazon May 27, 2014 The trip to Brazil would not have seemed complete without a visit to the Amazon rain forest. We decided to fly to Manaus and then stay at a lodge on the Amazon river, from whence to do day excursions to see the Amazon’s varied wildlife and …
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro May 22, 2014 Rio! A place that has seemed so crazy, exotic and far away for my whole life! We were excited to finally get to Rio. We rented an apartment from which we could see the statue of Christ the Redeemer right from our deck…this made it somehow seem …
Brazil – Morro du Sao Paulo May 18, 2014 We had decided it would be time to head out to the beach at this point, and had booked four nights in a palmy beach resort on Morro du Sao Paulo, north of Salvador. It was a bit of a long day getting there, requiring a …
Brazil – Salvador May 15, 2014 Salvador has the most flavor and color of the Brazilian cities we have seen. It was at one time a big slave port, and the African culture has been maintained here potentially as well if not better than anywhere in the Americas. Salvador is famously dangerous, however, the wold …