Las Palmeras …….this lovely bit of class in rural paradise in Pichincha I am sorry to say goodbye to Otavalo. We have so enjoyed staying put, living in a home, and establishing a bit of a routine. We are enjoying exploring local ingredients, in the local Indian market. There seems to be such an abundanceContinue reading “Ecuador 4 – Otavalan Idyll”
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Ecuador 3 – Las Palmeras
Adela and all her family come and spend Sunday with us, the children all play inside this tent in the garden We are installed in a heavenly casita on the road leading out of Otavalo, 2hrs from Quito. It’s in the grounds of a beautiful hacienda, the back drop is rural, beautiful mountains, volcanoes,and smallContinue reading “Ecuador 3 – Las Palmeras”
Ecuador 2 – El Reunion
Adela and me or Chulita as she calls me When mum and dad lived here, They hired a local Ecuadorian Indian girl, who at 17, came to look after me when I was born to help mum with her three children. Then along came Marcus and a move to Argentina and Adela decided to comeContinue reading “Ecuador 2 – El Reunion”
Ecuador – Cuenca – Boring Homework
When we went to Cuenca we have been having a lot of fun. The only thing that was not fun was the night bus that was not fun. When we got there, we were very tired, because we did not get a good nights sleep because we were on a bus not a bed. OurContinue reading “Ecuador – Cuenca – Boring Homework”
Ecuador – Otavalo – awesome birds
When we went to the condor park there were lots of birds of prey. There was a bird with an orange collar, it was beautiful. I got to hold an American kestrel – I got excited. They did not fly the condor because it would be too dangerous. But we did get to see itContinue reading “Ecuador – Otavalo – awesome birds”
Ecuador – Otavalo – one little piggy went to the market followed by three little children
I kind of started on my tooth blog where my tooth got pulled out. It was on that day when we moved to Otavalo, it was 2 hours on a bus. We got to our hotel when Omero the puppy came rushing up to us and literally tipped Gabriel over and started licking him fromContinue reading “Ecuador – Otavalo – one little piggy went to the market followed by three little children”
Hola Ecuador!
The journey from Auckland to Ecuador is by far the longest to date. The first leg, from Auckland to Santiago, takes almost 12 hours. We have six hours on the ground and so head to an excellent interactive museum to kill the time. Then it’s back to the airport for the nearly 6 hour flightContinue reading “Hola Ecuador!”
Ecuador 1 -La Mitad Del Mundo
My Millie Moo in her Ecuadorian hat Our trip from NZ is long and on our way to Ecuador, we stop in Santiago crossing the date line as we go. We leave Auckland at 4pm on the 19th Feb, arriving in Santiago at 11 am on the 19 th Feb, that’s 5 hrs before weContinue reading “Ecuador 1 -La Mitad Del Mundo”
Ecuador – The differences between New Zealand and Ecuador
trying on Rasta wigs Well for a starter the mountains in NZ are a very different shape and size and also we have been in Ecuador now for three weeks and we haven’t swum in any of the rivers and in the first two days in NZ we were swimming in dozens and dozens of rivers!!!! AnotherContinue reading “Ecuador – The differences between New Zealand and Ecuador”
Ecuador – An Unlucky Day
Ecuador – Quito Well today I had a really unlucky day because you see I have had a sore tooth for about a month on end which is really unfortunate. So mum told Dad to take me to the dentist and after to cut my hair, so we arrived at the dentist and sat downContinue reading “Ecuador – An Unlucky Day”
Five Go Round The World 