Adventure Updates
This hike was our first taste of the northern Peruvian Andes. And it was special.
We took a 10 hour day bus from Trujillo to Huaraz. We’re not going to do that again. It’s quite a lovely...
Welcome to Peru!
It was a long bus ride from Cuenca to here. Our bus departed at 9PM, so we got cozy for a snooze. The sleeping was decent all things considered, we collectively got 10 hours or so in...
Ecuador. Where do we even start with this country. We spent 30 days exploring as much as we could but there is still left so much on the table for a future trip. This country is one that will take your...
We didn’t take a cooking class in Ecuador but I did learn lots about the food and the culture.
Food in Ecuador is very simple.
The most popular type of Ecuadorian food is almuerzos (lunch)....
What a lovely way to spend our last day in Ecuador.
Cajas National Park is a lovely stretch of grassy highlands just outside of Cuenca. We got up bright and early to catch our bus to the park. The system...
This city is a gem. What a lovely place to chill out and explore.
We arrived in the afternoon after an eight hour bumpy adventure bus ride. That was an interesting ride. The bus double-backed at one...
We had a plan. We were going to do some adventure sports, then stay at a farm for a couple weeks and learn all about Ecuadorian cuisine. That was the plan. That was not what happened.
We (Graham mostly)...
The Quilatoa Crater Loop is a three day, 35km hike up through farming villages and valleys to the Quilatoa volcano crater, which the goal of the hike, on the final day. Now, you can take a bus there, but...
Our second stint in Quito was planned with the Diez de Agosto celebrations, and Huecafest, Ecuador’s Taste of London equivalent. Of course, things never quite turn out the way you think they do....
Quite literally one volcano over from Quito, to the southeast, lies an expansive plateau valley nestled between similar giants. What we call volcano valley, and what the world calls Cotopaxi National Park,...