This is the first part of a multi-part story of getting thrown out of Ecuador and our amazing race to leave the country in 7 days. Part 1 It is about 4 pm on a Friday…we arrived in Quito, Ecuador a few hours ago having made the journey from Cotacachi this morning. This is our...
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A quick update. We have not had many posts this week and I’ll share a little bit about what is slowing that down, as well as our current travel plans. But first… Last night the power went out in town. The power goes off a couple times a month…as does the water and many other...
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We have already taken 10′s of thousands of photos and I have kept maybe 30% of these. Just the process of managing our photos has turned into quite the project. I was working on these yesterday and thought I would post some of my favorite of the kids and Gina…maybe one or two of the...
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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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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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We are often asked what we do with ourselves all day while we are living in Cotacachi. Both Gina and I feel a little guilty when we reply…oh, not much. Just spend time with the kids, homeschool in the morning and Spanish and Music lessons in the afternoons. We visit with friends, either stopping on...
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We headed into the big city today…Ibarra. I have heard population estimates from 70,000 to 120,000, regardless it is a much bigger town than Cotacachi with a population of around 8,000. Many people drive to Ibarra to go shopping for hard to find items, or for products and services that simply are not available in...
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During the past week we have been asked “why we like Cotacachi” by our friends and family. I decided to spend some time thinking about this question and try and get an answer on paper. This is OUR answer and won’t fit everyone’s situation. In fact, our guess is that it won’t fit the sensibilities...
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