I had a great trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands with Adventure by Disney last November. It was a fantastic adventure trip with everything taken care of. What a fabulous way to travel. A couple of days to start in Quito and the Andean Highlands, and then a 4 night cruise through the Galapagos. […]
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On a recent Adventure by Disney trip, we were welcomed at the Hacienda Pinsaqui when we arrived in the Andean Highlands. It’s not often I have a band welcome me to my hotel. pretty cool httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxwLLaglR-Y&feature=plcp It was a wonderful welcome in a 17th century Hacienda. Our room was
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On a recent Adventure by Disney trip to Ecuador, we visited Parque Condor. The Parque Condor is a refuge for condors, and other birds; and they are hard at work trying to save these birds from extinction. We met the curator of the refuge. (And I loved to see his Canadian Tilley hat! Although he
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On a recent Adventure by Disney trip to Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, we visited a rose plantation in the Andean Highlands. We learned that Ecuador is the #1 exporter of roses in the world (but in terms of exports for the country, roses are #4 in significance after
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On a recent Adventure by Disney trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos, we toured a weaver’s shop.. Woven handicrafts of Ecuador are world-famous for their bold colors and dazzling craftsmanship. During a weaving demonstration, we watched expert artisans, and they taught us how dyes were made. It was fascinating.
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Last week, I was on an Adventure by Disney trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos. Disney likes to intersperse cultural experiences and family activities. So, one of the first side trips was for the adventurers to make a wooden Andean flute with a musical family. Here’s a video clip of the guy cutting the
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Few countries can boast to its visitors “your adventure begins at the middle of the earth!” I just came back from an “Adventure by Disney” trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos. And I began my adventure at the middle of the earth. The equator, that imaginary but consequential line delineating the planet in
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