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
Category: Big trip II Alaska to Patagonia
An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
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
Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, Colombia — Ryan Posted on December 24, 2012
A lot has happened in the past few days. I really should have been writing every night, but I’ve been a little afraid since my laptop no longer charges consistently. I think that’s a problem I haven’t brushed on yet: the DC-in jack on my laptop is broken. Again. This happened to me on the last… Continue reading Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, Colombia — Ryan Posted on December 24, 2012
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
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This is a very sad post to write. On January 3, Louie got hit by a car in Otavalo, Ecuador and he died. He is buried on a grassy strip of land in downtown near the market. We came home and opened the camper and the dogs were not there. We had gone to the… Continue reading Untitled
Christmas
We decided to spend Christmas in Santa Rosa de Osos, a mountain town at 8,300 ft about 2 hours north of Medellin. We camped at a parquedearo that was beautiful and convenient, being next to a cow field and behind a cheese maker / bakery, near a 24 hour travel center and a 5 minute… Continue reading Christmas
Leaving Cartagena – Jennah
We left Cartagena and headed into the heat. Our trailer and van were parked at an unattractive yard of dirt. The trailer was at least 115 degrees, and we couldn’t stay in there for more than five minutes, unless we wanted to die of heat stroke. We left the twisting, sweltering streets of Cartagena and… Continue reading Leaving Cartagena – Jennah
Into the Jungle — Jack
Leaving our hotel was an ordeal. Taxis had to be called in advance, dogs had to be retrieved, bags had to be repacked, and good bye’s had to be said. The trailer was in a storage, place, thing that was a good deal away from our place of lodging. Momma and Papa called up two… Continue reading Into the Jungle — Jack
The Highway to Medellin
One thing about Team DeCorso is that ALWAYS at the most dramatic moment possible, at the pinnacle of the worst part of whatever we are doing, SOMETHING will go wrong. And the drive to Medellín was no different. The drive to Medellín from the coast is a little less than 400 miles. It is supposed to take… Continue reading The Highway to Medellin