Cotacachi – A Foodie’s Dream…

I went for a walk this morning to find the new supermarket in town, the San Martin Supermercado.  It is a bit of a hike for me, living in the centre of town.  It is kind of on the outskirts Read More …

A Visit to a Craftsman Shop

While on my morning walk today I came across this shop on the road coming back into town.  I peeked into the window and there was a craftsman inside working on a carving.  He noticed me and came to the Read More …

Cotacachi Botanical Garden

It was a great morning for a walk with high overcast clouds allowing me to see the tops of the mountains unobscured.  Chuck and Susan and I headed out towards the outskirts of town to locate the botanical gardens.  We Read More …

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 Read More …

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 5kilometers through a very scenic area just outside of town. After all the rain and Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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, Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …