Category Archives: Ecuador to Cuba

I must admit I nearly shed a tear on our last day up the mountain at Breckenridge. It says something about the place that after 3 months Tim and I both said we will definitely be back! It has been the first place since the start of our travel that we both said we couldContinue reading “Hello Ecuador”

It was quite exciting to be back exploring again and today we decided to go on a couple of tours, a free walking tour around the town and then a tour to visit the equator. We quickly remembered how much we disliked tours and decided to go out on our own. I have to admitContinue reading “A Visit to the Middle of the World”

While we were having a great time exploring Quito we wanted to see some other areas of Ecuador too so today it was back on the buses. The bus stations were all slightly out of town so our host at the hostel kindly arranged a taxi for us to get out there. It was quiteContinue reading “Quito to Mindo”

So our 2 hostels in Ecuador have been 2 of our favorites. This one in Mindo has a massive beautiful tropical garden, but my favorite part is the humming bird feeders which attract about 20 humming birds and are placed right beside the table where you eat breakfast. The noise of their little wings andContinue reading “Waterfalls and Ziplines”

Unfortunately our bodies have been desensitized to South America after our stay in the US and Sarah fell ill during our last night in Mindo. But soldiering on is what she does best so after popping a couple of pills we headed off towards Latacunga. Latacunga is a city south of Quito and was goingContinue reading “Latacunga “

We discovered that our Spanish really wasn’t that bad yesterday morning as we again asked for desayuno (breakfast) and received curried chicken with rice and potatoes served with hot water and a bottle of instant coffee. Must be the local dish here.As my father would say it’s just packing!  So I was feeling better afterContinue reading “Volcanoes and getting lost”

Just north of us in Latacunga was the active volcano of Cotopaxi and to be fair we had caught a brief glimpse of the peak but otherwise it had been too cloudy to see. On our last day in Latacunga we wanted to go and see Cotopaxi but the weather was pretty filthy and itContinue reading “Latacunga to Banos”

There was plenty to do in Banos and so we started off with a pretty good breakfast at the local market. We managed to avoid chicken and rice and even got a coffee so on the whole felt much better. Banos is located in a lush green valley and one of the activities on offerContinue reading “Bike Riding and Waterfalls”

Day 3 in Banos and the four of us decided to go to the volcano viewpoint and a little further on to a treehouse that has two swings positioned over the valley and surrounds. We could have walked up the steep path to both of these but we decided to fork out the $1 eachContinue reading “Swings and tree houses “