Guayaquil
Arriving to the massive bus station in Guayaquil you can’t help but feel like just another number. It’s a massive city with the traffic to match. The heat and humidity can be unforgiving. We spent 3 nights exploring in and around the downtown area. We have gathered our best recommendations in this article, but first… […]
Cuenca
Cuenca and I had a rough start to say the least. After being in such small towns for the last few months arriving in the city felt very noisy and crowded. The real turn off came when trying to get a taxi to take us to our couchsurfing house just outside of town. Nine different […]
Vilcabamba
Vilcabamba is a small town in the South of Ecuador. Coming from the La Balsa border crossing it’s the most popular first stop to shake off the long ride from Peru. I didn’t really know what to expect arriving to The Valley of Longevity. The place gets its nickname from the unusually high number of […]
La Balsa
Ready to take our leave from Chachapoyas with the intention of eventually heading north into Ecuador we had a choice. Make our way back to the coastal crossing or take the less trotted inland route, La Balsa. We were split 50/50. Wanting to head to the coast to visit Mancora, everyone’s favorite Peruvian beach town. […]
Kuelap
While traveling around it’s inevitable, people will try to convince you to go lay out on their favorite beaches or walk around their favorite cities. In my experience there’s about a 50/50 chance that their favorite beach isn’t really that memorable and their favorite cities look nearly identical to all the others in the area. […]