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 …
Category: Cotacachi 2023
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 …