Adventure Updates

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Trujillo
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...
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Ecuador Round Up: A Beautiful Country
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...
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Ecuadorian Food
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)....
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Cajas National Park
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...
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Cuenca
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...
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Baños
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)...
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Quilatoa Crater Loop
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...
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Hueca Fest: Food and Celebration
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....
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Cotopaxi
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,...
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Mindo
Mindo, Mindo, Mindo!!! Any apprehensions we had about finding our bus were gone in an instant. Its clear that bus stations in Ecuador have dealt with too many clueless gringo’s so everything is...