Category Archives: Ecuador

So, our day started at 5 am on Saturday. We got up, showered, and finished packing so that we were ready for our 6 am taxi to the Manta airport. The driver showed up right on time and we said farewell to Puerto Lopez. The drive was an hour and a half or so andContinue reading “I was told I could ask for a toiletry kit?”

December 2, 2016 We had no plans for today. Our intention was to sit in front of our place, read in our hammocks, and get up every once in a while to eat or swim or don more sunscreen. We got up lateish, with power on, and readied ourselves for breakfast. We really enjoyed ourContinue reading “I need no more exfoliation”

December 1, 2016 We woke up with the chickens, literally today because when there’s no power to run our room fan, you can actually hear them in the morning. So, there’s no power, a limited amount of hot water, and it’s overcast and misty out. I think I was praying too hard for sun yesterday.Continue reading “The sun shines in Puerto Lopez”

November 30, 2016 Hola, amigos! Today we woke up with the chickens, though not literally. There were a few lodgings that we did wake up to chickens, but on the beach, we are pollo-less. We ate breakfast at our hotel. It’s nice cause they just charge it all to the room and at the end,Continue reading “We see boobies everywhere!”

November 29, 2016 Today we woke up in Guayaquil, found breakfast at a local cafe/bakery, and caught a cab to the bridge to Isla Santay. Isla Santay is a protected, mangrove island connected to Guayaquil by an 800 or so meter bridge. On the Guayaquil side, you can rent bikes to go across and exploreContinue reading “Our first tuk tuk ride!”

November 28, 2016 Today we woke up early to try to catch photos of the sun rising over Cuenca. Unfortunately, it was cloudy, but we were still able to see some wonderful scenery with the low-lying clouds in front of the nearby mountains. Ran back to the hotel to catch breakfast before we went toContinue reading “Don’t say it. I’ve been thinking it, but don’t say it”

November 27, 2016 Today, we slept in late (til 7 am!), showered in our delicious hot water, and went downstairs to get our breakfast. Scrambled eggs are either very popular in Ecuador, or it’s what all the white folk eat. We choose to believe it’s the former. We had a couple hours to kill beforeContinue reading “Awe crap, we’re in a gringo restaurant”

November 26, 2016 Today we woke up, ate breakfast, loaded up Manuel’s burros, and started hiking towards Ingapirca, Ecuador’s most preserved archeological site. Manuel had an 8 or 9 hour walk home today to Achupallas with his horse and burros, so he left our stuff with a camioneta (truck for hire) about an hour intoContinue reading “I have dirt in crevices I didn’t know I had”

November 25, 2016 Black Friday on the Inca Trail. Crap, it rained in the night. Not a huge problem, but Anika’s pack towel and our hiking poles were outside getting all wet. Nathan spent part of the prior evening outside looking at all of the stars. There was no moon and no clouds overhead andContinue reading “More stars than Hollywood”

Thanksgiving Day 2016 Day 1 on the Inca Trail. We were picked up in Riobamba near our hotel and driven to the start of our hike on the Inca Trail near Achupallas. I should take a break here and say that our breakfast in Riobamba consisted of 2 hardboiled eggs each, still hot, cafe conContinue reading “Ella es sucio”