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Michael Tieso travels around the world writing, photographing, and filming his adventures. He left the cubicle life to travel the world in May 2009 and he still continues the journey to this day with no end to it. He loves adventure, food, and music. He is the Editor-in-chief of Art of Backpacking. Follow him on Twitter and Google+.
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December has been a busy month. We’ve been traveling through Ecuador starting in Quito by partying, climbing Cotopaxi, enjoying the hot-springs of Baños, and finally settling in Montañita for three weeks to celebrate Christmas and new years on the beach.
Here’s episode two of our Travel Talk series. We decided to do something different with this one and asked other people in the hostel for tips. We were staying in Quito, Ecuador at the Secret Garden Hostel. The hostel had a beautiful view of the city. We enjoyed it so much that we stayed for a week and a half to celebrate one of Ecuador’s biggest holidays.
I was watching Braveheart a few days ago. Its been a few years since the last time I saw it and I still love it. In my opinion, one of the greatest movies of the 1990′s. Wikipedia tells us the story of William Wallace in the movie is almost entirely historically inaccurate. As I kept reading, [...]
Looking to travel long-term? After close to three years of travel, I’ve learned quite a bit on making the best of my adventures.
As you may have heard, we’re creating an iPhone/iTouch app called Eat The World. We were only traveling with an iTouch. The last time I had an iPhone was two years ago but unfortunately it broke during my travels. I wanted the new iPhone 4S and I needed a new hard-drive but we’re in Ecuador.
Eagles Nest Outfitters has given us a Double Nest Hammock and a Slap Strap to giveaway to our readers!
In a small town on the border of Colombia and Ecuador is a beautiful enormous church called Las Lajas Sanctuary. It was built from January 1, 1916 to August 20, 1949 and looks more like a church out of Europe than South America with it’s massive neo-gothic look. Before 1916, it was a much smaller church and went through several phases before it became what it is today.
Unless we’re traveling on a lottery ticket, we all run out of money eventually if we’re traveling with our savings. It’s a horrible feeling knowing when our bank account is starting to run low. The first thing that comes to mind is having to go home but if you’re not ready to go home yet, there are options for you to stay on the road. They might not be career path type jobs but they will definitely keep you on the road longer and you’ll build a whole new set of skills you never would have thought of learning.
Close to 5,000 meters / 16,400 feet. It was the highest altitude on land I’ve ever been to in my life. I climbed one of the highest active volcano’s in the world.
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