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Paraguay

Life is a Carnival … Paraguayan Style!

Time to Dance Samba in Encarnación Encarnación. Where’s that? What, there’s a carnival there? Isn’t that in Brazil? Many people have heard about, and some

Chile

Explore Rapa Nui: Easter Island on a Budget

8 amazing days on one of the remotest places on earth! First up and off the bat, I will refer to Easter Island as Rapa

Travel Notes

Very Itchy Feet Takes a Travel Detour

This year, 2017, has seen us jump on the travel blogging bandwagon. We decided to change our passion into our profession. We figured that with our combined skills, enthusiasm and travel passion and expertise that we certainly had something to offer others, whilst also doing what we love.

Why Travel Detours? It’s no secret; we like the unusual, not as frequented and lesser-known destinations.

I have been travelling since 1989 and with Alex since 1999. Between us, we have visited almost 95 countries.

A World Update

Places we’ve been,things we’ve seen; how one year of travels rolled into two!

A snippet of the countries travelled between 2014 and 2016 Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, USA, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, Nepal, Georgia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh,

Ecuador

Deeper into Ecuador’s Andean Highlands; Chimborazo and the Quilotoa Loop

Whilst staying in Guaranda we decided to do a day trip to Mount Chimborazo, only some 50 kilometres away. Whilst it had been thought to

Exploring Ecuador’s central highlands; Baños, Alausi, Guaranda, Salinas de Guaranda

Wondering at the gateway to the Amazon Soon enough we were off to Baños de Agua Santa, or Baños, as it’s more commonly known. The

Ecuador

Jungle time … from Macas to Yasuni National Park, the most biologically diverse spot on Earth!

We’d been to or through Macas a couple of times over the years, and this time we would pass through on our way to a

Ecuador

The Amazon … Ecuadorian style!

It was now time to get off the beaten track. We had seen and done so much in Ecuador over our various trips over the years

Alex & Ombi

Ombretta (Ombi) Zanetti is a co-founder of veryitchyfeet.com. She has been travelling the world since 1989 and since 1999 with her partner, Alex, who hails from Ecuador. They both like to venture to the lesser known places. Ombi shares her passion for different cultures through her travel stories and Alex through his lens. Come take a detour or two with them!

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