Portable Parents Blog

We made it!
We crossed the border on Wednesday, two days before our visa’s expired.  When we reached our destination of Piura, Peru we were all exhausted from a long week, but we still had a bit more of traveling to do.
The trip from Loja was longer than expected, and there were only 2 buses heading...

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We spent Tuesday nite in Loja Ecuador after a manageable 5.5 hour ride down from Cuenca.  We splurged and decided to stay in a “3″ star hotel, apparently one of the finest in the city.  Lets just say that everything is relative…
Traveling with 4 people we run into unusual circumstances about costs in certain situations. ...

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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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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 first bus...

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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...

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