Leather Street
Many of my posts mention ‘Leather Street’, so named for the many stores that offer finely crafted leather products. The actual street name is ’10 de Augusto’. I took a walk down about a three block stretch of the street…
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A Morning Walk
I met up with Chuck and Susan Bussey again this morning for a ‘short’ walk. After it was all said and done, we did over 5 kilometers through a very scenic area just outside of town. After all the rain…
Pickleball in Cotacachi!
While having a taste of wine yesterday at the Fonda wine store, I ran into a nice lady from Burnaby, BC. – Eileen Floyd. She mentioned that she played pickleball here in Cotacachi and invited me to join the online…
Market Day
Thursdays are market day for a lot of the expats living in Cotacachi. There is a very well attended market held in an outdoor parkade next to one of the central squares in town. Since the weather has dried out…
A do nothing day…
I’m retired and so am allowed to do nothing once in a while. 🙂 I woke up to the sound of raindrops so decided it wasn’t a good day for a walk. I spent a bunch of time online instead,…
Chuck’s ‘Lemming aide’
I went out early this morning for another walkabout, this time by myself as there was some confusion as to where I was meeting up with Chuck and Susan. While they were wandering about town looking down every street, knocking…
Another walkabout…
I woke up early again today to the noise of church bells and children heading to school. It is a real nice change to see well dressed children walking to school in nice neat uniforms and not being driven by…
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…
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…
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…