Hosteria Chorlavi Ibarra

Otavalo, Ibarra, Cotacachi, Laguna Quicocha (Northern Ecuador)<br><br>This weekend, I was "interpreter" and Ania was &#8220;spatially and directionally adept person who can point us in the right direction.&#8221; However, we both played the role of &#8220;chronic, paranoid worriers (CPWs).&#8221; You will see as this story unfolds. Ania and I left Quito for Otavalo with our assigned roles, as a team ready to conquer the world. At the initial bus terminal, one ...

... but, for the first time, I was advised that the road is a little risky in darkness. So I was sensible and aimed to go during the day. As usual the ride was long and uncomfortable but I managed to doze off several times, which is unusual. The views as the road wound through the mountains were sometimes spectacular and it was interesting to see the Andean speciality, cuy (guinea pig), on sale in some of the more remote villages. Unfortunately I didn't see the local tipple Coca Sek ...

... it but we all cheered once we did. It was quite funny though as Swampy slid so much we were pretty much horizontal across the two lanes. Once we finally got to Otavalo 5 hours after our planned arrival, we discovered that the all alcohol is banned in Ecuador due to elections for the next 3 days! It didn't stop us though. We had our supplies and had punch and created an olympic like event with table tennis, pool, Foosball and some coin tossing game. My team lost unfortunately but it was a ...

... then David burped loudly and stumbled outside to **** against the side of the wall.<br><br>We talked about the world cup qualifier between Ecuador and Argentina which was being held in Quito that after afternoon (hence the festive celebration we were having), and we debated which team would win. I was taught some words in Spanish which I shall not repeat here, and most importantly I was taught how to drink beer like an Ecuadorian. <br><br>After the lesson we all went back to Secret ...

... en de check-ins waren voor onbepaalde tijd dicht. Geen probleem qua vlucht missen dus :) Na nadere inspectie bleken er grote stapels hagelstenen rond de terminal te liggen. Na enige tijd wachten ging de check-in dan toch weer open en heeft Rinske hopelijk zonder al te veel vertraging haar vlucht gehaald... en moest ik helemaal alleen weer terug naar het hostel. De komende 2 a 2,5 maand ben ik ...

... I´ve watered, weed (is that a verb?), baked and painted. In the pipeline is a solar water heater, wiring the house (electricity, finally!) and constructing a a bicycle powered water pump to fill the water tower to run a yet to be designed irrigation system. Lots of interesting projects, lots of skills to be learnt. The beehive (and it´s 10,000 occupants) arrived last week so that´s another thing to get upto speed with soon!<br><br>The people are varied and awesome. Brits ...

Zip, zip, tube, rapel Its the Aussie influence Wild on Ecuador! Ecuador continues to surprise and delight as we move northward through the lush green countryside. We journeyed on from Riobamba with Luke and Holly, our Aussie buddies, and found ourselves in a beautiful town called Baños. Tranquil and lovely, nestled in an Andean valley, Baños is known for its thermal baths ...

I have a s**i*us beef with these girls d*wn h**e. They live h**e their wh*le life, and they nev** bring a jacket at night. I always bring *ne because I am kinda smart, and I kn*w it will be c*ld. I always have t* be a gentleman and *ff** them my jacket, and *f c*urse they take it, s* I am ****ing c*ld. N*t fair, right? I insist they bring *ne, and still, they sh*w up with a spaghetti string t*p, I c*uld strangle them. If it's night time, I aut*matically bring tw ...

Remember the National Lampoons European adventure when the Griswalds cross from France to England. Clark and the gang had been treated to some of the finest French hospitality. They insulted his wife, propositioned his daughter.... all in all they were your stereotypical French *******s. When arriving in England, he ran over the same cyclist twice by driving on the wrong side of the road, and the half dying man couldn`t be more apologetic... blood spewing from every ...

dimanche 14 7:30 dans les starting block pour avoir des places pour le trein de la Libertad qui va d´Ibarra à Salinas. rencontre avec Dayla (costa ricaine) Vanesa (españole) et Juan Antonio (equatorien) se cultive là bas la canne à sucre et existent des mines de sel! ils sont en trian de transformer la ville car de plus en plus de tourisme viennent: rues pavées, vaste projet d´accueil avec des restos et hôtels.