Day Three – Otavalo and Environs Our third day in Quito started with an early wake-up call for our trip to the Otavalo Market. With our trusty driver,…
First of all, four days is not enough to see and appreciate Quito. We had always planned only a short stay in this fantastic colonial city as the jumping-off point…
Where did November go? It seems like yesterday that we were in the Galapagos, and I’ve had one more blog post in me from that trip for .…
On our recent trip to Ecuador (which was much too short – we WILL go back!), we spent most of our time in Quito and the Galapagos Islands.…
We got word this week that a class of schoolkids in the U.K. is following our Galapagos posts for their science studies! Oh the pressure . . .…
With an apology to our birder friends who have taken stunning pictures of birds from around the world, we have to be honest: we’ve never quite seen the…
How long have I dreamed about visiting the Galapagos Islands? I think it goes to back to about the third grade, when I had to read a…