Inspirietry / Recuperiety
One of the benefits of traveling is that one learns geography and in planning our South America jaunt, Scott was thrilled to realize how closely Aruba and Ecuador are positioned on the globe. While Scott is always on the lookout for trekking opportunities, his true love is the sport of windsurfing and a very dry four years has left his beloved local windsurfing spot looking like...
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Adventuriety
I feel like a real blogger now. I am in the middle of nowhere…literally. I am sitting in the main area of our “lodge” using the wifi, borrowing a power outlet, drinking a local beer. I have taken many planes and a high speed drug boat (I am fairly certain) to get here. Scott and I have been watching La Reina del Sur, a...
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Adventuriety
Today we woke up early and shared Special-K and Granola with a few bananas. After a double-check of the backpack, Grant, Ashley and I headed out of our apartment and hailed a taxi. In Quito there are a wide variety of “taxis” so you have to use a little caution to get the ones that are licensed. Always grab the ones that...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Our last guided excursion was today and happily today was going to be the shortest amount of time in the car. We left the apartment around 8:00 am and headed north out of town. Our first stop was at Mitad del Mundo. We have been some places this year that are really interesting that I would not have ever thought I would see....
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Adventuriety
Today had nothing on our schedule and so we slept in a bit. We did however have plenty of work to catch up on. I thought we could break the day up by having lunch in the historic district. We hired a cab which took us there after a 15 minute ride that cost only $3.80. Two nice traveler points about Ecuador are that most...
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