Posted in Ecuador, Hiking, Peru, Photos on 16 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lask week, we sat on buses. A lot.
In an atempt to beable to stay in Peru legally for another three months, Ben and I ran to the Peru-Ecuador border last week. Overall, it was pretty uneventful as far as border runs go, but it´s still worth the telling.
Though we didn´t make our quick succession [...]
Posted in Ecuador, Peru on 8 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have returned to Huaraz victorious. 90 more days in Peru are ours! Stories and photos to come…
Posted in Ecuador, Peru on 4 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The time has come again. Border run! Last night we traveled from Huaraz to Trujillo, Peru, 8 hours down the mountains on the northern coast. Our original plan was:
Sunday 9pm Huaraz — Monday 6:30am Trujillo
Monday 7am Trujillo — 1pm Piura
Monday 1:30pm Piura — 9:30 pm Loja, Ecuador
Monday 10pmLoja — 11pm Vilcabamba
Pretty tight schedule eh? Yeah…didn´t make [...]
Posted in Ecuador, Photos on 23 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings from Huanchaco, Peru. We’ve settled down for the week here in Huanchaco to escape the hoards of xmas shoppers and travelers in the bigger cities. Huanchaco is a smaller fishing village, though many travelers have discovered it. There are very surfable waves here, decent size but great for beginners. Not too far north, Peru [...]
Posted in Ecuador, Photos on 28 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So at some point near the beginning of this trip I became a hat man. I think it was a combination of trying out a crushable hat for backpacking, most indigenous people here wearing them, and reading Tom Miller’s Panama Hat Trail. The final reference is most pertinent to this story.
Posted in Ecuador, Hiking, Mountains, Photos on 20 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Our backpacking adventure in Parque Nacional Cajas was truly an amazing experience. My words or our pictures could never convey the natural beauty of the area, but I can at least describe our adventure.
From Parque Nacion…
Cajas is notorious for rainy, cold weather. It is also known as being a bit disorienting, as there are over [...]
Posted in Beach, Cycling, Ecuador, Paragliding, Photos on 15 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Friends and family, sorry that it has been so long since our last post but as you will see we’ve been busy.
Our last weekend in Canoa was amazing. The festivals for the Ecuadorian Memorial Day (November 2nd & 3rd) brought many Ecuadorian tourists to town. The parties weren’t as big as they were our first [...]
Posted in Beach, Ecuador, Photos on 29 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After leaving Portoviejo, we came back to Canoa. It’s our third time here and a bit of a home away from home at this point. Everyone we talk to here seems to be of the same opinion. There have been quite a few foriegners move to Canoa in the past few years and many of [...]
Posted in Ecuador, Organizations, Photos on 20 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After three fantastic weeks with ESPOIR in Portoviejo, the time has come for us to say our goodbyes and move on. Working with the foundation has been amazingly helpful, for both exploration of my posible future career path and our Spanish skills!
From Our time with…
We are once again packing up to move. This is the [...]
Posted in Ecuador, Politics on 17 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We survived the election weekend. It seemed pretty quiet except for some protests in one town in the mountains (Cuenca). Heard a clip on the news about it on Friday afternoon but haven´t heard anything else. It turns out that there will indeed be a runoff election in November to decide who will be President [...]
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