Will and I left Cuenca with plans to return in roughly 30 years to live out retirement in this beautiful city. It is the 3rd largest city in Ecuador and has quite a large population of ex patriots as it is. But who can blame them (or future us) -the city sits at 8,200 […]
Choosing what beach town you want to visit in Ecuador can be overwhelming. It seems you could spend a full year going from the top of the country to the bottom, riding buses along the Pacific coast, never going inland, stopping at every little beach town, and still would not hit them all. So […]
Will and I both reached our highest elevations hiking when we hiked up Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world which stands at 5,897m (19,347ft). I should clarify, we hiked to about two thirds up the highest active volcano in the world – but that’s still pretty high. Cotopaxi is in a national park […]
Last time I went white water rafting I was crying. I was about 8 years old and in the mountains of North Carolina. Never one for roller coasters, rides, or thrills of any kind I was freaking out. We were on the last run of what was probably a class 1 rapid and it […]