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El Calafate: Argentina’s Glacier

by Sally Kay | Jan 2, 2011 | Argentina, Spotlight | 1 |

I woke up early with the sun just rising over the expansive lake. Flamingos were busy picking...

The Colonial Jewel of the South, Cuenca, Ecuador

by Brittany Michelson | Mar 6, 2010 | Ecuador, Spotlight | 5 |

Sitting on the small rectangular balcony outside my room at the Hotel Milan, I look down on the cobblestone streets of the city of Cuenca. Traveling alone is liberating. I have just arrived to explore the Ecuadorian city I will...

Lonesome George- the World’s Rarest Animal

by Matt Scott | Nov 5, 2009 | Ecuador, ITKT Blogs | 3 |

The fragility of the natural world in Ecuador (and around the world) can be summed up in just one word: George! George, or Lonesome George as he is more commonly known has come to be an unwitting star in the Galapagos Islands as...