We always meant to write this post but we never seemed to have the time. In Otovala, Ecuador, our dog Louie got hit by a car. He was beloved by all and one of the clearest memories I have of the trip is all of us crying and kneeling around Louie’s body in the grass… Continue reading Lucy, the Ecuadorian Stray Dog
Category: Ecuador
Cloud Forests & Dudes
Ecuador is where I first became introduced to “cloud forests”. These “cloud forests” sound at least fifty percent more lovely than they actually are. The idea of a forest being hidden in the clouds seems very mystical and surreal, but in the end, all they are is a really moist patch of trees with hardly… Continue reading Cloud Forests & Dudes
Cuenca Area
It’s been a while since my last post and I kind of forgot where I left off last time so I’m just going to post about our recent travels. A lot happened in Otavalo. Our dog died, I fainted, I bought a few things, bad surgery was performed, and all in all, it was a… Continue reading Cuenca Area
Southern Ecuador
We left Otavalo with our new dog, Lucy, and headed towards Quito. The driving day was short, and we started around late afternoon but it took us till around twilight to get through. We continued on for a while until we saw a forlorn gas station where we camped. There were two clown mobiles parked… Continue reading Southern Ecuador
Baños de Agua Santa to Cuenca, Ecuador
We have been in Ecuador 15 days today. We left Otavalo and headed through Quito which was a pretty city. Quito had bad air pollution, lots of particulates in the air. Some seemed to come from a massive road project on the Pan American where an entire mountain had been stripped of ground cover to… Continue reading Baños de Agua Santa to Cuenca, Ecuador
Otavalo, Ecuador
We have spent a week in Otavalo, Ecuador. Otavalo is in northwest Ecuador at 7,940 feet (according to Max’s new watch with an altimeter). Otavalo has the biggest indigenous craft market in South America on Saturday. The parqueadero where we are staying is right in the center of town, literally kittycorner from the market square.… Continue reading Otavalo, Ecuador
Lost Louis…
Posted on January 7, 2013 http://www.ryandecorso.us/blog/lost-louis/ On January 3rd, Trek broke out of a window in our trailer while we were away. He and Louis ran out of the parking lot, and Louis was hit by a car. I got there ten to twenty minutes after it had happened, and I believe Louis was… Continue reading Lost Louis…
Beautiful Colombia
Colombia We had planned on spending a short time in Colombia. People say that you can drive from Cartagena to Ecuador in a day or two as it is only about 700 miles. Our initial plan was to drive straight to Ecuador – but that was before we all fell in love with Colombia. The… Continue reading Beautiful Colombia