South America
Blowing Up The Outgoing Year In Guayaquil
After leaving Bogota to enjoy the holiday season in Ecuador, including spending Christmas in Quito, where we bore witness to an impromptu parade of 50 motorcycle-mounted Santas, Katie and I moseyed on to Guayaquil for New Year’s Eve. A city of four million and the largest in Ecuador, Guayaquil sits Read more…
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Guayaquil – Malecon, Hacienda and Iguanas
Guayaquil, a city of 4m and the largest in Ecuador, sits on the Rio Guayas, with a bridge connecting a nearby island and continuing to the opposite side of the river where you’ll find the town of Duran (insert “Rio”, “Duran Duran” and “dancing on the sand” jokes here). We Read more…
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Guayaquil – The Malecon, a Hacienda and lots of Iguana Pics
Guayaquil, the Malecon 2000, Santa Ana Hill and Iguana Park Haceinda La Danesa
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Quito Rocks! Quito Rocks!
Quito… ECUADOR! (cue Sash!) Oh Quito, such a fun yet odd place for a Christmas Holiday. Lots of fun. Odd in that we got to see about 50 people dressed as Santa on Motos drive down 12 de Octubre, some with Mrs Claus riding on the back, some kids riding Read more…
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Guatape – Steps, Spectacular Views & Bandeja Paisa
We decided to “Opt Outside” for Black Friday during our trip to Medellin for a daytrip to El Peñon near Guatape. La roca (as it’s also called) is disputed between two towns, El Peñol and Guatape. Two hours by bus, you can get dropped off along the road maybe a Read more…
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Medellin – Turkey Day in the City Of Eternal Spring
For Thanksgiving weekend we took a short trip to “The City Of Eternal Spring”, Medellin. Plan was two days in town sandwiching a daytrip to Guatape. Enough time to get a feel of the city. The nickname is merited, with Medellin being a tad warmer than Bogota, 70’s every day Read more…