Otavalo Market – again!
Today, after meeting a friend for coffee, we took the bus to Otavalo with our new friend Bo from Texas. The busses here are wonderful. You can get from here to there, and everywhere in between for 35 cents. We Read More …
Category: Ecuador
Back in Cotacachi!
I’m going to try to post more often here and turn this thing back into a blog. Giselle and I are back in Cotacachi, Ecuador for a two week vacation after a very busy spring and summer preparing things for Read More …
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 Read More …
February 2017
In January 2017 Giselle headed to Cotacachi to stay for 2 months on her own just to see if it was someplace she could retire in. I invited my cousins Dan and Rose Fisher to fly down with me for Read More …
Cuy!
After a short shopping trip in Ibarra, where we found Ecuadorian wine, we decided to look for a restaurant that serves a sort of national dish of Ecuador. There is a small town between Ibarra and Cotacachi called Chaltura. It Read More …
Churches and Cemetaries
After a day of rest, we met with our guide friend Marco Vega whom we met while on our first tour of Ecuador. He was our guide at the Amazon resort Casa Del Suizo, in Ahuano, on the Napo river. Read More …
Quito- the Old Town
Our good friend Wilson agreed to meet up with us in Quito today for a walk around in the historic district – A UNESCO world heritage site. The buildings here are all over 400 years old or so. There are Read More …
Otavalo Market
The Otavalo Market is the largest Indigenous market in South America! Every Saturday, the market square in Otavalo is chock full of indigenous art, crafts, textiles, jewelry, foods and musical instruments brought in by artisans from all over the country. Read More …
Papallacta – Hot Springs and Mountains
On Thursday, February 9, we booked a stay at Termas de Papallacta, a beautiful spa resort located high in the mountains between Quito and the Amazon Basin. Instead of going over to Quito and then up, we took an alternate route Read More …
Cuicocha Laguna
Day one of our trip started out very energetically – is that even a word? A short 12 km drive out of Cotacachi took us to a large crater lake formed on the side of Cotacachi Volcano. Cuicocha Laguna is the equivalent Read More …