The Oriente - Misahualli

The little village Misahualli is the main touristic destination in the eastern part of Ecuador – El Oriente in the hot, humid, green and lush area of Amazonia. It is located on shore of the river Rio Napo, one of the mightiest tributary of the Amazon river. Misahualli is an ideal base for trips into the jungle with a very good infrastructure.

 
We had been already two times in Ecuador, firstly in May 1981 and secondly in January 2004. 1981 we had been visiting the indigenous people Aucas- an exhausting 5 days trip. 2004 we had taken a public boat to Coca – a 10 hours voyage, which is no longer possible because today is a good paved road to Coca and the public transportation is done with buses. Tommy had been never in Amazonia, thus we decided to travel a third time to Misahualli. Again it was an amazing trip into the wonders and secrets of Amazonia.




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Cayambe and Corazon

Cayambe is a mountain of superlatives: It is with 5790 meters sea-level the third highest peak of Ecuador. It is the only place on the equator of our planet where you find ice and snow permanently. It is a perfect white volcanic cone which a tremendous huge mass of ice.

 
Before we dared to go to Cayambe we had climbed up 4790 meters Corazon which is few kilometers south of Quito west of the little town Machachi. Corazon means heart and indeed with some fantasy you might find a heart in its shape.


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Thuis

23.614 km, 21 landen en drie continenten…. we zijn thuis! Op de video-pagina hebben we een filmpje van ruim vier minuten geplaatst waarin we hebben geprobeerd onze reis door het Afrikaanse continent samen te vatten!Geen autopech, geen lekke banden, geen enge ziektes en geen bandieten of terroristen, het was een bijna vlekkeloze en probleemloze reis. Een absoluut indrukwekkende reis vol met avonturen, mooie mensen, eindeloze wegen, fantastische landschappen en spannende confrontaties met w […]

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Villahermosa

from the gulf to villahermosa. After Merida our drive dips us momentarily along the gulf coast of mexico. We talk about how much closer it seems to us to simply continue around the gulf and pull into new orleans (where we’ll be in a few months for french quarter fest) than …

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Guarapari & Teixeira de Freitas

Well we finally have to leave our home at Paulo’s in Itacoatiara and head north. Our visa runs out February 16, and we have a lot of ground to cover. We have changed out plans and instead of driving the … Continue reading →

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Resting a while in Venezuela

Since my last post, about overlanding in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, Hendrik and I haven’t done much travelling. The reason is that I’ve got a bad knee and have hardly been able to walk. A couple of days before we left Guyana we were having a late af…

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Cartagena

No dia 23/01/15 chegamos em Cartagena de Índias ou simplesmente Cartagena. Situada no norte da Colômbia, na costa caribenha, essa cidade com cerca de 1 milhão de habitantes é a quinta maior cidade colombiana e um dos mais importantes portos da Colômbia. A cidade de Cartagena foi fundada em 1533 por Pedro de Heredia e desde 1984 é considerada Patrimônio da Humanidade pela Unesco em razão do centro histórico protegido por muralhas… Ler mais

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