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Leave us a tip, place you’ve been, cool place you want others to see, or just tell us your on the way!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

 

We here in Quito and trying to keep in touch with all those people that we have met at The Secret Garden Hostel, Finn McCool’s and Uncle Ho’s in the Mariscal, and Lead-Adventures, Hostel Tiana, and The Surf Shak.. Working with those travelling around South America is great but it gets to be a drag when you don’t here from people after they leave. So we are trying this as a test to see if people respond to it and if we get enough of a response from all the adventurous travellers in South America at the moment we are going to start an official postcard campaign for all of the places above.. Our walls are looking a little too clean and we think it would be cool to fill them with postcards of other people travelling with tips for others headed your way next. So if you have been to Ecuador, are coming here, or are just on the road travelling around, go to the link below and leave a tip about a great place you’ve been, cool place to stay, or something that you think others would appreciate checking out! If you want to hear more about the postcard campaign in the future keep checking back as I am going to be working on the details based on the responses we get!

 

 

 

 

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Jet Set Zero Tv- Adventure comes to Quito!

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/06/15/how-to-find-work-abroad/

Jet Set Zero // How to Find Work Abroad

http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/06/15/how-to-find-work-abroad/A few weeks ago I met a woman named Jenna who is from Los Angeles and in town for three months working for an online tv show about living and working in Quito with her three roomates. The Show, Jet Set Zero, has had five other seasons in , Seattle,USA , Saigon, Vietnam (I), Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, Istanbul, Turkey, and Saigon,Vietnam(II).

Jenna found out about the program form an airline magazine and decided that despite having a good life in the States, her passion for travel had reared it´s head and it was time for a new chapter in her life. Enter Quito and the more than ample challenges that face people living and working here.

http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/05/05/moss-grows-fat-on-a-rolling-stone/philippines-2010-406/

I´ve found that when travelling there are moments that just fall into place and you find yourself experiencing new oputunities and meeting the right people that are doing things that you are passionate about and have a common interest and character that immediately turns to a new friendship. This blog is about those people and the place and amazing things that they are doing. Jenna is no exception.

 

 

She contacted me through couchsurfing, which I am very active on and the week before foud someone a place to live and job when She needed to relocate from Peru.

Jenna was looking for information about Ecuador and saw that I have a very close network of friends and contacts here in Ecuador from living and working here for over two years. Through my jobs at The Secret Garden Hostel and a few travellers bars and restaurants I have made friends that have worked and lived here for years in the travel field. I have used these contacts to point people looking for adventure towards the best options I know that have proven themselves to be reliable and trustworthy.

After She contacted me, we arranged to meet at a restaurant called Uncle Ho´s in the Mariscal, where I have been involved in hosting weekly travellers meetings on Monday nights that coincides with a weekly movie night. She was friendly and relaxed despite just arriving here and in the space of an hour had made friends with the usual group of local ex-pats sitting at the bar talking to the Irishman who owns the joint.

 

Having made an impression and needing to get home for an interview as a magiciasn´s assistant for the tv program, We exchanged contact information and called it a night.

http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/06/14/arrested-kinda/

Jet Set Zero // Arrested kinda via kwoutet

Since then the show has been eventlful! The crews camaera got stolen on the way back from Banos, a few of the people participating have had the beginner travelers luck of finding themselves relieved of phones or hasstled by some of the not so friendly minority that livesw in Quito, and one of the Jet Set Zero cast was temporaily put in a rolling immagration jail when he forgot to bring copies of his passport when exploring Old town.

Despite these setbacks the cast and show are making an appearance and finding thier way to the sought out destinations that can be reached within a few hours of Quito.

As for Jenna, She made an imoression on the owner of Uncle Ho´s and has forgone the assistant job and oppurtunities to teach English for a job working in the restaurant talking to locals and travllers about how they spend thier time while in this widely diverse country. Keep your eyes on the Jet Set Zero site and this blog for further develoments.

 

 

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A huge list of resources from my facebook fan page for the Secret Garden, Quito

Friday, June 18th, 2010
I have been working and volunteering at the Secret garden, Quito on and off since I got to Quito two years ago.  It´s a really good place to stay and meet others that are travelling in South America.  The staff ... [Continue reading this entry]

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New Friend with two hostels in the Andes, Last minute Galapagos cruises, and more information than your average guidebook!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Through working at the Secret Garden Hostel in Quito I learned a lot about the people who make up the places and activities that Ecuador has to offer.  The Galapagos is the bread winner for those who try and ... [Continue reading this entry]

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