Part 3 …the finale’
The next day we had a lazy morning, had breakfast at the hotel, gathered our belongings and headed to the square to call a taxi. We planned on visiting the Sanctuary of the Virgin Church, an amazing structure basically in the middle of nowhere. And the rest of the day was going...
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Part 2
We decided to travel light, only bringing a change of underwear and a clean shirt, and throwing these into a backpack. On Tuesday morning we woke up early, showered, grabbed a quick bite to eat, and set out for Columbia. The walk to the bus terminal is about a mile from our apartment, we...
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We were sitting in our favorite banana split shop, the 4 of us enjoying the marvelous concoctions of fresh banana’s, handmade Blackberry, Pineapple, and Mango sobet, topped with rich whipped cream, when 3 other folks entered the shop and sat down at the table next to us.
Are you from America? The question coming from...
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One of the reasons for deciding to spend some time traveling as a family was for all of us to learn more about different cultures. We believe it is important for our children to develop an understanding and respect for cultures outside of their own, and believe that there is much to learn traveling...
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We have already developed quite an extensive list of our favorite food places in town after only a week. Granted some of these are familiar to us from our visit last March, but most are new to us and the result of just walking the streets, exploring, willing to try new foods.
You can get...
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La Calera is a small village inhabited primarily by a local indigenous tribe, the Quechua. The town of Cotacachi Ecuador is surrounded by small villages like these, and is what gives the town its sense of culture and family.
We have met several families from this village, and consider a couple of the families friends. Gina...
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Pop quiz time….what do Balloons and Toilet Paper have in common?
Ok, that was a toughy…lets try this -
What can Balloons and Toilet Paper teach us about sustainable living?
It started a few weeks back when we needed 2 balloons for a science experiment Grant was conducting for his homeschooing. We set out one afternoon on...
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Our plan was to try and “plug into” the cultures of the various cities/countries we travel to…trying to be less of a full blown tourist and more of a local. Ok, so a blond haired, blue eyed family stands little chance of becoming “locals” in a land of dark skinned, dark haired people…but the...
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