There are no good maps of Ecuador. No matter what the map claims the distance between destinations will be, add 20 km to get the real distance. The road signs are additionally misleading, giving distance varying by 20 km in the space of 5 km or less! This problem resulted in more than a couple days […]
Posted by cindy on October 26th, 2007 | Filed under: Ecuador, Peru | 1 Comment »
Finally, the photos have arrived! Go check them out in the photo gallery.
Posted by Matthew on October 15th, 2007 | Filed under: General, Costa Rica | 5 Comments »
Our time spent in Quito waiting for Cindy’s pannier to be constructed was pretty uneventful. save for a few tourist activities we got in. We spent a day on the bus going north of Quito to Otavalo, a cute little town in the mountains that has a large craft market. The bus ride was pretty […]
Posted by Matthew on October 7th, 2007 | Filed under: Movies, Ecuador | No Comments »
The whole time we’ve been in Ecuador, we’ve been seeing political advertisements for an upcoming election, which just occurred on 30 Sept. We weren’t really sure what it was about until we saw this article at CNN.com. It is an election to create a Constitutional Assembly to create a new constitution for Ecuador. Apparently, it […]
Posted by Matthew on October 3rd, 2007 | Filed under: General, Ecuador | 1 Comment »