Category: Ecuador

The Galapagos islands are truly one of the most unique places on Earth, and we thought we’d start telling you about our 19 days there with this post, which I hope will describe some of the fascinating things we learned about the islands. I’ll try to convey some of the excitement and awe we felt…

After 24 hours of buses, immigration lines, checking out a church built into a bridge, and walking across the border from Colombia to Ecuador, we arrived in Otavalo, a town in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, about 3 hours south of the border, on Friday afternoon. We had read that they have…