Day 6: Back to Quito The city is not at all quiet, but somehow we quickly find peace here.
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/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
Day 5: Chugchilan to Quilotoa I'm in the middle of explaining what today will be like to Lilah, as we head down a hill and out of Chugchilan for our last day of hiking the Quilotoa loop. I tell her …
/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
My thoughts drift to the Andean men and women who live in these valleys and on these hills, their fields straight up the side of a mountain. It's a wonder to me their crops ever take root at all on …
/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
Day 3: Sigchos to Isinlivi Good morning, Latacunga! Your car horns, barking dogs, and roosters are plentiful early morning alarm clocks. We need the early start. We have a bus system to figure out and quite a trek ahead of …
/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
Day 2: Latacunga We wake just minutes before our wheels touch ground (except Claire...awake watching a movie). After a quick exit and easy transition through immigration and security, we find our driver, Luis. He drives us safely and slowly through …
/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
We drive north on the long, desolate road between Rocky Ford and Limon. The land is a flat and barren brown with the touch of winter. Our hearts are full and hopeful for lessons and adventures to come...
The Road Less Traveled
water gently rolling over giant slabs of smooth granite...rock hopping stream crossings...moss covered anything...giant boulders perfect for reading giant novels...content children, creating entire new worlds without any store bought toys...
