Ferry Ride
Day 2 of our 2022 adventure consisted of 16 hours aboard the BC Ferry’s Northern Expedition. We booked a cabin and paid extra for the lounge seats. It was an excellent choice, despite the cost. The loading procedure was not…
Dave Ward
Nanaimo to Port Hardy
Day one of our 2022 adventure started out with an early morning ferry ride from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo. We picked up Doug and Cathy in Tsawwassen and we were on our way! We stuck to the east coast of Vancouver…
Almost to Alaska….June/July 2022
In February, 2022, Giselle and I were looking at doing another extended ride, this time further north than we had ever been. We have already experienced all the roads south of HWY 16 from Prince Rupert over to the Alberta…
November 2021
As travel restrictions were beginning to wind down from COVID, Giselle and I needed to return to Cotacachi to get more coffee! Actually, we were just yearning to go back to experience more of our paradise. We stayed in the…
Volunteering at Place of Hope
This morning I got up early and was picked up by our friend Don to go and help out at the Place of Hope. This is a volunteer organization that helps feed the poorest of the poor in Cotacachi. Each…
A Bus Trip to Ibarra
We ventured out from Cotacachi today to look for the bank that, according to the CIBC website, we could use to set up an account and direct transfer money from CIBC in Canada to Ecuador without fees. Our lack of…
Cotacachi Street Art…
Today, Giselle and I went for a long walk around many of the streets in Cotacachi in search of murals and beautifully painted doors. This is a bit of what we found. There was an artist who went around and…
A Trip to a Friend’s Finca (Farm)
After a delicious breakfast at Subs Station, Cotacachi, we were picked up by our friend Don and headed out towards Otavalo for a drive up the mountainside to friend Jeanine’s small farm. The road up to the farm is paved,…
Cercado – A visit to an Indigenous Community
Way back in December of 2020, a local expat (Urku Deborah May) who is intimately involved with the local Indigenous community, posted a request to help a young boy with getting his first ‘Zamorros’ – a celebratory pair of chaps –…
A trip to the market….
Once we got settled in to our apartment, we needed to go to the market for some groceries. There are two basic grocery stores that we know of here in Cotacachi – TIA Supermarket, and Monica’s Supermercado. Both are located…