We are just finishing up our four days in Bogatá, Colombia. It has been common to hear a passerby, or even a taxi yell out his window “Welcome to Colombia!” It is clear that gringos are wanted here. The highlight of the city was the three hour Graffiti Tour, a free (supported by tips) walking […]
Shuar Tour Plus Car Breakdown (Secúa)
On our final full day in the Secúa area, Evelyn wanted to get more experience with the Shuar community (who were known for their process for shrinking heads as recently as the 1950’s), so Gabriel arranged for a more in-depth visit with another family. This family was far more remote than the one we visited […]
Turn Left At The Cow (Puyo)
On the fifth day of our road trip to the Amazon (aka Oriente), we decided to take an unplanned side trip to Puyo, about a two hour drive north of Sucúa, where we spent the first few days. We had wanted to visit the monkey refuge known as Fundación Los Monos Selva y Vida a […]
Lost In The Jungle (Sucúa)
Last week we spent a few days in the Amazon, called the Oriente by Ecuadorians. We had wanted a little time in warmer weather (Cuenca has been pretty cold all of August), so when a local tour operator said he wanted to do an exploratory trip and was looking for two people to join him, […]
Cañar Mercado and Biblián Church
After going to the Cañar animal market, we went into town to the main mercado for some people watching. According to Alberto (our driver for the day), most of the younger generation left the city to find work in the United States or Spain, so you mostly find older Cañari people in this town of 225,000. On Sundays, Cañar […]
Argentina Gallery Added
We have finally completed editing the photos from our trip to Argentina a couple months ago, and have added them to our photo gallery. You can access this, and other trip photos by pressing the “Travel” menu on the top of this screen, then choosing the “Argentina” tab on the screen that comes up. Or […]
Argentina Summary
Street murals found during our Argentina trip We are now back home in Cuenca, Ecuador after traveling through Northern Argentina for the past month. The last six blog entries have covered our time in Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Salta, Iguazu Falls, and finally the Estancia Don Joaquin. I will close out the entries on this trip […]
Patricia and The Big Rat
We finished our month in Argentina with four days at the Estancia Don Joaquin (Estancia is what they call a working ranch in Argentina) in Esquina. Though fairly close to Iguazu Falls, the only way we could reach it was to fly to Buenos Aires, and then take an overnight luxury sleeper bus. Though the […]
Poor Niagara!
We recently completed a three day visit to the Argentina side of Iguazu Falls. The falls span an area of 1.7 miles wide, and sits on the border between Brazil and Argentina. When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt first saw the falls, she is reported to have said “Poor Niagra!” There are actually approximately 275 waterfalls […]
Salta Landscapes
We have now completed our tour of the Salta area of Argentina, spending six days driving through both the “Northern loop” and “Southern loop.” This is a large area, where we often feel we are driving through the Painted Desert of Arizona. Though we are high in the Andes, often topping 10,000 ft, this entire […]