Welcome to Colombia Goodbye Ecuador We left Otavalo early in the morning. The plan of the day was busy: bus, taxi, migration office and church. We took the first bus from Otavalo to the closest Ecuadorian city to the border Tulcan. After 4 hours, we needed a taxi to reach the immigration office. After getting […]
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Otavalo region and Cuicocha Lake
Cuicocha Lake Cuicocha lake is located beneath the Cotacachi volcano. Due to the clouds, we didn’t see it, however, it is a 4600 meters high volcano. The closest town to reach the lake is Quiroga, where taxi or cab can take you for 4$. The lake is surrounded by a trek of 14 kms between […]
Quito, the nice Ecuador capital
Quito The historical city center of Quito was beautiful. It was clean and with a lot of colors. The nice weather probably helped. The center was neither crowded nor polluted. Not only during the day but by night also, the city kept gorgeously. The only point was that the city was empty and everything closed […]
Into the crater of Quilotoa
The Quilotoa lake After crossing the town Quilotoa, I enjoyed the first view of the lake. On top of that, the sun accompanied me all the morning. Not only the sun, there was also a lot of wind. Clouds were crossing the crater in 30 seconds! My first trek was to go into the crater […]
Banos in the middle of the nature
A city in the middle of the nature Extreme sports The small city Banos is surrounded by nature. It is a hot spot for doing extreme sports: rafting, canyoning… I was really up to do rafting force 4. However, the level of water was too high now and this circuit was closed. The other one […]
Mountain biking down on the Chimborazo
During my stay in Riobamba, I took one day for visiting the Chimborazo. It is the highest volcano in Ecuador with 6300 meters high. There are 2 refuges at respectively 5000 and 5100 meters high. From the first refuge, a friend and I went down with mountain bike. The goal San Juan. A city located […]
Puerto Lopez: Now I am a diver that saw the whales
Diving: Open Water Certified My first reason to go to Puerto Lopez was to do a diving certificate. Since I tried the dive last year in Indonesia, I felt in love. From the beginning, it is one of my traveling goals. I found a nice agency hold by a French couple. The course took 3 […]
Cuenca & the Ingapirca ruin
Cuenca A marvelous city I really loved this city. Rather quiet and the city center was beautiful. At each corner, I found nice buildings. My hostel was a bit away from the city center. However, a bit high, I could see the whole city where the churches dominated the whole. Feria in Cuenca During the […]
Loja
A quiet city rather simple The city is not very beautiful. Except this drawing and the gate, there is nothing else worth to see. Also, the city was really quiet. After 8:30pm, already a lot of restaurants closed. And after 10pm, almost no one left in the street. Surrounded by vegetation Hopefully, the city is […]
Cusco and the so famous Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu The joke of getting there The easiest way to reach Aguas Calientes, the city down the Machu Picchu, was to take a train. It looked easy and the best solution until I discovered the price: more than 100$ the round trip. This price was ridiculously expensive for the country. As I didn’t want […]