Monthly Archives: September 2019

Exiting Ecuador Elegantly and Energetically

After our lovely beach excursions, we turned eastwards and headed back towards the centre of Ecuador, before then heading south and on into Peru. And we had a mixture of modernity, elegance and relaxation as we did so. Our first stop was the second city of Guayaquil. With two million people, it was a total […]

Moving on from Quito

After “doing the Eastern circuit” of Ecuador and then visiting the Galápagos Islands, we moved on to the north and west of the country. To be honest there isn’t much north of Quito, as beyond Otovalo is effectively Colombia. So after Otavalo we moved westwards and on to the coast. Otovalo is a lovely old […]

The Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands – what can we say. They are incredible, unusual, surprising and beautiful. Most people “do the Galápagos” on small cruise ships, but instead we decided to do a trip staying on land, with two hour speedboat rides between the islands. This allowed us to see a different side of the Islands and […]