All I need is the balcony and a warm cup of tea in hand to feel comfortable and settled. And the days begin to blend, one into the other, as we make a temporary home, half a world away in …
Tag: Ecuador
/Have Family, Will Travel/: 24 days in Ecuador
Day 6: Back to Quito The city is not at all quiet, but somehow we quickly find peace here.
/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...
