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The Poor Man’s Galapagos
It is easy to understand why Ecuador is famed for the Galapagos Islands. Roughly 900 km off the coastline, the islands diverse wildlife and subtropical climate helped foster the idea of natural...
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A Fruitless Fishing Trip
Yes, it’s true – we didn’t catch one gosh darn fish on our deep-sea fishing trip. How is that even possible you ask? Well, believe me when I tell you, we tried. Despite the fact that we aren’t the most...
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A Gringa in Ecuador
Arriving to Ecuador after a great flight leaving Edmonton to Toronto, then onto Bogota, Columbia we landed in Guayaquil, Ecuador to the smiles and waves of Leah and Gillian. It had been 5 and a half...
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Busing Solo to Baños
After a tearful goodbye to the Germains (including Leah, who is doing a temporary stint in Edmonton to attend a wedding), I boarded a bus for Baños, a small tourist destination located in the...
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Extreme Whitewater Rafting
The first rule of travelling alone is that you aren’t alone for very long. Upon arriving at the hostel in Baños, I quickly made friends with a Swiss, an Aussie, and an Englishman. They invited me to...
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The Volcanic History of Baños
Baños, Spanish for “baths (of sacred water)”, is famous for its thermal baths and adventure tourism. The city is located at 1826m above sea level and nestled in the side of the still-active Volcano...
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Crazy for Canyoning
Over dinner I became friends with three Chilean girls, all of them 24, on winter vacation from University. They practiced their English and I tried my best at Spanish. By the end of the night Flo,...
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Quito, the old and the new
It wasn’t until I was wheezing up the hostel stairs that I remembered that Quito is 2850m above sea level. The seven volcanoes surrounding the greater Quito area and the stark rolling foothills dotted...
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The Famous Otavalo Market
Early this morning I hopped on a 2 hour, $2 dollar bus through the Ecuadorian countryside to the city of Otavalo for its famous Saturday market. Local Otavaleños and indigenas from nearly seventy...
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Straddling the Equator
Stepping over the Equator to the Northern Hemisphere for my first time in 6 months and 4 days, I had the feeling that I was closer to home. The South has been cool, but I definitely belong in the...
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