Romans and Ruins
Day two of our Moroccan adventure started with a beautiful sunrise and then a bus tour of the capital city of Morocco. Our first stop was the mausoleum of King Mohammed V and the Hassan Tower. It was constructed beginning…
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Morocco – Day One
After a very long day and a half of flying – Seattle to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Casablanca – we arrived mid day to a very modern city on a continent we have never…
February 2018
We returned to Ecuador in February 2018 to explore more of the country and have a visit to the coast to see if maybe that was an option for us to live. We rented a small car to get us…
Esmeraldes and Atacames – the north coast of Ecuador
Day two of our trip to the coast saw us travelling down Hwy 15, Ecuador’s equivalent to Hwy 101 down the west coast of the US. We crossed a few rivers, passed through many small, very poor communities and eventually…
Clammy on the coast….a trip to Las Penas
After three weeks living in Cotacachi in the highlands of Ecuador, we decided to take a short trip to the northern coast of this beautiful country. It is about a four hour drive from Cotacachi to our destination – Las…
Mojanda Lakes
High above the town of Otavalo is a series of three lakes formed inside the calderas of the now extinct volcanoes Mohanda and Fuya Fuya. The elevation is around 12,200 ft at the largest lake, Mohanda. This is a protected…
Gruta de la Paz and more from Ecuador…
Today was an awesome day! After getting an early start, we headed up into the northern highlands of Ecuador for another day trip, this time to the small village of La Paz, just north of Bolivar and a few miles…
Cotacachi “Food Fair”
After another 2.5km walkabout, we headed over to the food fair at the mercado to try out some of the dishes. There are about a dozen stalls to choose from ranging in food choices from fish, chicken, pork, and beef.…
Lunching out in Cotacachi
Giselle and I spent the last couple of days laying low and just taking walking tours around the streets of Cotacachi. What we did notice was the amazing number of Almuerzos or lunch spots. You can get a basic meal…
Intag Valley Road Trip
Today we went on an adventurous trip up over the shoulder of Cotacachi Volcano and down into the Intag Valley, where a lot of Ecuadorean coffee comes from. The views up top before heading down the other side were fantastic. …