A morning walkabout
I went for a walkabout this morning with friends Chuck and Susan Bussey. According to my iPhone health app – 6700 steps. Not bad as I was back home before 9:00AM. The last time Giselle and I stayed here, we Read More …
Author: Dave Ward
Alone in Cotacachi
I’m five days in to my solo two month stay in Cotacachi, Ecuador. I miss my sweetie immensely! We chat twice daily on the phone using WhatsApp. I sometimes think this may have been a mistake, but then I take Read More …
Back in Cotacachi!
Here I am again in my little corner of paradise – Cotacachi, Ecuador. I arrived a couple of days ago. The flight with Air Canada was uneventful with a short layover in Houston before landing in Quito just after midnight Read More …
Cotacachi Again!- February 2023
Here I am back in Cotacachi, this time for a two month stay. It is sort of a retirement test drive, just making absolutely positive that this is the spot where Giselle and I will make our home sometime in Read More …
Mexico
In December of 2022 my cousins Dan and Rose Fisher invited us to join them for a few days in Mexico in February. We kindly accepted the invite and made our travel plans. These are my stories….
La Playa Ropa
We awoke to the sounds of birds chirping with clear skies and sun on the patio. The view from our room was fantastic. We were advised that we would need to change our room that afternoon as we had added Read More …
Red Eye Flight to Mexico
We booked our flights to Mexico with Aero Mexico and got a midnight flight direct from Vancouver to Mexico City. The flight was uneventful and we landed in Mexico City with a planned layover of 6 hours. We took the Read More …
Morocco
In February, 2019, Giselle and I visited Morocco with Gate 1 Tours. A truly memorable experience in a very modern country with thousands of years of history! It was totally not what we were expecting. Enjoy the photos and stories Read More …
China
In November, 2016, Giselle and I went on another adventure, this time Asia was on our minds, so we booked a tour to China. The following pages are a day by day story of our wonderful adventure with Sinorama Tours Read More …
Ecuador
At Christmas in 2014, Giselle and I gifted ourselves a tour of Ecuador with Gate 1 Travel to be taken in late April of 2015. To us, Ecuador is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries either of us has Read More …