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Whale shark and diver Galapagos Darwin island Scientists, naturalists and tourists have explored the Galapagos for decades, but only in the last 20 years it has become a diving destination. And only very recently have divers ventured from the protected bays and inlets to discover true Galapagos diving. That is to say, adventure diving on remote [...]
The KLM stop at Bonaire Ecuador nonstop from October 2011. This announcement was made today, Monday, Feb. 7, by the KLM airline. The company prepares a “strong expansion” in the Caribbean and will provide 2600 seats each week. According to KLM, this expansion will begin with their fall schedule, which starts on October 30. It is planned to [...] The Foundation “Equilibrio Azul” announced on the recent discovery of five new Caray Green Sea turtles (E.imbricata) that have nested in Machalilla National Park, in the province of Manabí, the Route of the Spondylus. Ecuador is the only country of South America where this species lays his eggs. Felipe Vallejo, spokesman of the Foundation, said that the [...]
Train of the Andes and Devil’s Nose valley The route of the famous «Train of the Andes», among which the most spectacular part is the one which joins Alausi to Sibambe passing through the famous “Nariz del Diablo” valley (the Devil’s Nose) is rehabilitated and begins again to work from today on, February 2nd, 2011. After more [...] The eruptive process of Tungurahua volcano (Throat of Fire in Quichua) intensified this Saturday, December 4 at 8:30 (local time) justifying a state of red alert and the evacuation of seven populated areas located at the foot of the volcano, as well as a displacement of the livestock. Pyroclastic flows had also interrupted the access road [...] Spain announced the first million euro contribution for the ITT Yasuni project of non-exploitation of approximately 840 million barrel of oil in return for economic compensations of the International community. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Trinidad Jimenez, who arrived in Ecuador to meet with the head of state Rafael Correa, and his Ecuadoran counterpart Ricardo [...] Any type of transport, air, sea or land will be suspended since 4 am until 7 pm on Sunday, November 28, for reason of national census. The aim is to block all the Ecuadorian people in their homes to be able to take a census of their data. Any sale or consumption of alcohol will be forbidden 12 [...] A column of steam up to one kilometer of high with a moderate load of ash emanated from the volcano Tungurahua, reported this Sunday the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School (IG : Instituto Geofísico – EPN) “Emissions were observed with a medium-high content of ash to altitudes of one kilometer height above the crater,” says [...] All in all, volcanic activity decreased considerably, which reduces the possibility of generating large volumes of pyroclastic flows. The content of ash emissions also declined steadily to reach emissions made up only of gas and water vapor. Most of the columns ranged between 300 m and 1.5 km of maximum elevation above the crater.
Tungurahua volcano en eruption Tourists can arrive normally at the city of Baños, situated at the foot of the volcano Tungurahua, in the province of the same name. All the access roads are authorized as well for tourist transport and heavyweights as for the public and private transport. So announced yesterday, the president of the Emergency Operations [...] |
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