My Ecuador Bucket List
26th May 2018I went on a six month trip around South America, and one of the countries that I visited was Ecuador. Before I went, I researched places to go and things to see and created an Ecuador Bucket List. I didn’t end up making it to everywhere on this list but I thought I’d share the whole thing…
Week 27 – San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands
14th May 2018Hi everybody! We are here in the gorgeous Galapágos with wildlife galore! This week we’ve seen sea lions, sharks, crabs, blue footed boobies (they’re a type of bird, I promise), albatrosses, sea turtles, marine iguanas, lava lizards, frigate birds, giant tortoises and more! 5th May Today we went on a tour to Española Island. We…
Week 7 – Quito, Ecuador and Cartagena, Colombia
27th December 2017Hi everybody! We are writing this from somewhere new. We’re in sunny Cartagena, on the north coast of Colombia by the Caribbean sea. This is where we will be for Christmas. This week was a week of two halves – saying goodbye to Quito and moving on to explore our second destination. 16th December Today…
Week 6 – Quito, Ecuador
20th December 2017Hi everybody! We’re hailing you from Quito for another week. We still have no definitive plans as to when we’ll be moving on, so it’s a good job it’s an interesting city. This week we’ve got our culture on with museum visits and national ceremonies! 9th December Today we decided to actually visit Capilla del…
Week 5 – Quito, Ecuador
12th December 2017Hi everybody! We’ve had a fairly quiet week this week with a few days of R&R, so it might be a bit of a short post this week. The Fiestas de Quito have been ongoing though so we have been to a few events! 5th December Following a very lazy few days, today we went…
Week 4 – Quito, Ecuador
4th December 2017Hi everybody! We’ve just come to the end of our fourth week in Quito. As well as having our own adventures, this week the city has started celebrating its ‘Fiestas de Quito’, so we’ve had the opportunity to attend some events with the local Ecuadorians! 25th November Today we went on a tour with Washington to…
Week 3 – Quito, Ecuador
27th November 2017Hi guys! This week we’ve swum in waterfalls, biked down mountains and cartwheeled (or attempted to) on the equator! 18th November Today we had to wake up early in order to be picked up for our tour to the Mindo Cloud Forest. Mindo is a nature reserve famous for its beautiful scenery, its waterfalls and its…
Week 2 – Quito, Ecuador
20th November 2017Hi everybody! Thank you for your lovely comments about last week’s post, they were really nice to hear and read. 11th November Today we woke up at around 5:30am. We wanted to have an early start in order to make the most of Otavalo, our weekend destination. We’d read up about how to get there…
Week 1 – Quito, Ecuador
13th November 2017I can’t believe this holiday has finally started! I’ve been thinking about doing this for years, and Ben and I have spent the last six months planning in earnest. To actually be here now is crazy! Just to let you all know, the videos in these posts are 360 videos. If you click and drag…