Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts
September 21, 2010
Day 3: Traversing Imbabura
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Today is our first ride from one hacienda to another. All told, we will ride for six hours. We will traverse the side of the volcano Imbab...
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September 20, 2010
Day 2.2: I'm Riiiiiiiding In The Rain
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Each day we ride, Gaspar and Tostado lead the way. Then myself, mum, and Anna fall in line behind. Bringing up the rear is Christian, a ch...
September 19, 2010
Day 2.1: Hacienda Pinsaqui. And Horses!
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Otavalo market was a lesson in variety. I saw one wizened woman crouched in a doorway, proferring a live guinea pig (they are a staple meat...
September 17, 2010
Day 2: The Faces of Otavalo
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The Otavalo market is the largest in South America and it's where we ended up after about two hours of driving north of Quito on Saturda...
September 13, 2010
Day 1: Arrival!
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*cue dramatic opening music* We left Miami about half past four on Friday the 3rd and hopped across the gulf and the isthmus of Panama to ...