Escape to Mindo
I am movin faster than I am able to update! I am now in a coastal beach town called “Montañita” until Friday (taking spanish lessons!!) so hopefully I will catch […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Interesting Tidbits
Tidbit #1 – Did you know that on solstice a couple days ago, I had no shadow? Only for a couple minutes around noon – but because I was standing […]
Quilotoa? More like “kill-my-knees-a”
My second day trip from Quito was to Quilatoa Lake. The day started off early at 6:30am – quite the feat in of itself since I am the world’s worst […]
Welcome to Quito!
I have officially made it through my first day of this 3 month adventure! Things got off to a less than exciting flight delay on Thursday that resulted in waiting […]
All dressed up with nowhere to go!
As far as departure mornings go, I was really proud of how ready I was to go this morning! I was checked in online, packed, fed, showered and even dressed […]
Tomorrow is D-day!
Holy moly, I can’t believe that this time tomorrow I will be touching down in Quito. I have a million feelings right now – excited, nervous, relieved, anxious… Basically everything […]
Getting ready!
Holy moly! In less than a week I will be in Ecuador! I’d like to say I’ve spent a lot of time preparing for this trip, but at the end […]
Where the heck am I going?
Planning this trip has been very different than the last trip I planned. In 2006 I went to Southeast Asia for 6 weeks with a friend of mine. We had […]
The Adventures of ALi! 