A New Family Member …
We interrupt our regular programming here at newcruiser.ca to bring you the following breaking news …[ Read Full Post ]
Posts Tagged With "Ecuador"
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Coastal Ecuador
Greetings from the bulge of the earth here at the Ecuator![ Read Full Post ]
Giving Pictures: Ecuador Highlands
We started chatting to a young indigenous man, Clever, on a park bench in the Otavalo plaza. Before we knew it, he had invited us to his small nearby town (San Roque) to stay overnight with him.[ Read Full Post ]
In Ecuador …
We spent a long day travelling most of the length of Ecuador towards the Peru border. Many little highland towns dotted the countryside along a lesser travelled highland road that we decided to take.[ Read Full Post ]
Mindo and Quito, Ecuador
We met up with William and Nancy (the couple that we met on the coast), and joined them and their mothers for the weekend in the small town of Mindo, located about 1.5 hours west of Quito, Ecuador’s capital city.[ Read Full Post ]
Otavalo Market, Ecuador
We hit the road early, and found ourselves in the moderately small highland town of Otavalo by about 8am. By the time we arrived, the market was already in full swing with vendors and people everywhere.[ Read Full Post ]
The Dog Has a Name!
We’ve received a lot of name suggestions from our post where we introduced our new Golden Retriever Puppy. Thanks a lot for your support! Here is the summary of our choices:[ Read Full Post ]
Welcome to Ecuador
After a long day of driving through the gorgeous scenery of southern Colombia, and a stopoff at the impressive Sanctuario Las Lajas, we decided to head for the Ecuador border despite it being very late in the day.[ Read Full Post ]
Welcome to Peru
A mid-morning border crossing from Ecuador to Peru proved to be very stress-free and relatively quick. We spent about 45 minutes standing around waiting for the boss to arrive to sign our Peru vehicle importation permit.[ Read Full Post ]