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Category: February 2017

Cuy!

Posted onFebruary 16, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

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Churches and Cemetaries

Posted onFebruary 15, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

CategoriesFebruary 2017

Quito- the Old Town

Posted onFebruary 13, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

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Otavalo Market

Posted onFebruary 11, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

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Papallacta – Hot Springs and Mountains

Posted onFebruary 9, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

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CategoriesFebruary 2017

Cuicocha Laguna

Posted onFebruary 8, 2017November 20, 2022

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 …

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CategoriesFebruary 2017

Cotacachi – Our Little Paradise

Posted onFebruary 7, 2017November 20, 2022

Cotacachi – a small town in north central Ecuador.  Political centre for the Canton Cotacachi (sort of like a county seat) in the province of Imbabura.  It is a beautiful little town nestled in the valley between two extinct volcanoes Read More …

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CategoriesFebruary 2017

Snow Day…

Posted onFebruary 5, 2017November 20, 2022

We woke up this morning to about 8″ of fresh, heavy, wet snow. The drive to the airport at 4:15 was uneventful…the subaru loves the snow!  We arrived at the airport to what was supposed to be a 25 minute Read More …

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CategoriesFebruary 2017

And so it begins…

Posted onFebruary 3, 2017November 20, 2022

Here I am, 1 day before heading back to my paradise and it is dumping snow here in Vancouver.  My cousin Danny Fisher and his wife Rose are heading down from Terrace as I write this.  I will have to Read More …

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