Quito- the Old Town
Our good friend Wilson agreed to meet up with us in Quito today for a walk around in the historic…
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Otavalo Market
The Otavalo Market is the largest Indigenous market in South America! Every Saturday, the market square in Otavalo is chock…
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…
Cuicocha Laguna
Day one of our trip started out very energetically – is that even a word? A short 12 km drive…
Cotacachi – Our Little Paradise
Cotacachi – a small town in north central Ecuador. Political centre for the Canton Cotacachi (sort of like a county…
Snow Day…
We woke up this morning to about 8″ of fresh, heavy, wet snow. The drive to the airport at 4:15…
And so it begins…
Here I am, 1 day before heading back to my paradise and it is dumping snow here in Vancouver. My…
October 2015
We were so taken by Ecuador on our first trip that we could hardly wait to go back for more. …
May 2 – A Rose for My Sweetie!
Our final day of adventure in Ecuador started out with a visit to a local market in Pelileo. The variety…
May 1 – More Adventures
The next day we left the jungle and headed back into the mountains for more adventures. Except for a few very…
April 2015
Our first trip to Ecuador…here are the stories from our very first experience with Gate 1 Tours. It was a…
April 30 – Jungle Treks
We awoke this morning to the sound of crowing roosters, right outside our cabana! It also rained very heavy during…