March 27, 2019 Hey y’all – ok I’m back from Limaland. Sorry I lost my mind a little bit there but I found my way back down to earth again (though I am still waiting for the call). Before I tell you all about Cusco, let me back up a few days to my arrival […]
Tag: Wanderings
A Love Letter to Lima
A Love Letter to Lima March 26, 2019 Dear Lima, I Love You. I know…we just met, but I’m sure it’s love. You know, when there’s just that feeling that it’s right. Well I have that feeling. I love everything about you. Ok, well I love everything I’ve learned in two days…but really…I’m sure we have […]
Cuenca is a College Town
Cuenca is a College Town March 23, 2019 Cuenca Ecuador has been in the back of my mind for about seven years. Back then I had a pretty healthy habit of watching House Hunters International and day dreaming about living abroad. For some reason I vividly remember an episode about Cuenca Ecuador and it stuck […]
The Galapagos are kind of like Pistachios
The Galapagos are kind of like Pistachios March 21, 2019 (I found my first beach of the trip in Galapagos. It never really feels like a real trip until you find the beach.) My boatmate Lou described the Galapagos like this: They’re kind of like pistachios. It takes a lot of work to get the […]
The Great Galapagos Experiment
The Great Galapagos Experiment March 20, 2019 Hola y’all! It’s been a little over a week since my last post. Once I got to Galapagos I shut the computer down and just took it easy. Been back on the mainland for a few days now and putting my thoughts together on the islands has taken […]
Cerca de Otavalo
Cerca Otavalo Saturday March 9, 2019 Tonight is my last night in Otavalo and I couldn’t have had a better day to end the visit. Otavalo is known for it’s enormous Saturday market. Originally the way the local indigenous communities came together to swap their goods, it turned into ‘a thing’ and then ‘the thing’ to do […]
Charming Cotacachi
Charming Cotacachi March 7, 2019 I’ve been in Otavalo five days now and feel settled. To be honest, I’m not looking forward to packing my bag back up in a few days but I’ll enjoy the rest of my time here while I can. I found a Spanish school – well two actually. I took […]
On to Otavalo
On to Otavalo March 3, 2019 Parque Simon Bolivar Otavalo, Ecuador It is Carnaval in South America right now. The official day is March 5, but the festivities get started early. While it sounded like it could be fun to watch, it also sounded like it could be a bit of a mess, so I […]
Pacheco and the Three Amigos
Pacheco and the Three Amigos February 28, 2019 Pacheco Farmhouse is an unexpected, renewed hippie chic guesthouse a off the beaten path. (It took about 6 hours worth of bus rides to get to Apuela in the Intag Valley.) As the owner Jimena says, the location pretty much keeps the assholes away. Seems so as […]
Saturday with Sandy
Saturday with Sandy March 2, 2019 Today was my first full day at El Refugio de Intag Cloud Forest and was looking forward to a slower pace and nature immersion. El Refugio de Intag Cloud Forest is a naturalists answer to the Four Seasons. I met Peter Joost, the owner, at 7am for coffee […]
Buddha & Boots 