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71 miles from Quito, but three hours by bus, is the capital of the Imbaburra province: Ibarra. We arrived around 4:30 Saturday after signing Amy up in Quito to climb a 19,340 foot mountain on Wednesday. Amy wanted me to climb the mountain with her but I opted do some more paragliding in Ibarra. My friends from Quito hooked me up with some local …
Teaching English/A Little About the Area
... so he's going to give it a try. Who knows, maybe that under-roasted bean with it's peanutty smell and nutty tea-like flavor will catch on there.
The coffee they drink in Cotacatchi is 100% shade-grown Arabica coffee from Rio Intag, on the other side of these mountains. That area is dubbed the Garden of Eden because just about everything grows there. Anyway, the coffee that is grown in Rio Intag has less acidity than the coffee grown in Loja ...
Ibarra Ecuador
... the only people staying there, along with a French couple. It is famous for having pink Floyd, bob Dylan, john lennon and Manu Chau stay there back in the day, was quite cool. So one night there and then we started north the 2 hours to the Ecuador/ Colombia ...
Onwards and upwards to Otavalo
... had all our valuables and indispensables in our hand luggage just in case!). Róisín spotted her first Llama out the window of the bus, John was too slow!
We caught a taxi ($1) from the bus station to our new home, Hostel Chasqui - $20 per night en-suite. We were greeted by a sound buck called Roberto, who doesn't speak a word of English! Róisín understood 3/4 of what he was saying about the things to do in this neck of the woods, which by all accounts ...
Laguna Mojanda, Fuya Fuya
... nur eine kurze Kletterpartie durch Felsen meistern. Dann ging der Abstieg schnell, wir waren nach ca. 1,5h wieder bei unserem Bus angelangt. Jessica und Cloe wurden direkt am Busbahnhof abgesetzt. Die Polin, die bei unserer Tour dabei war, haben noch zu Mittag gegessen. Das Essen war noch bei der Tour dabei. Das Essen war gut. Als Krönung gabs Chicha. Das ist ein Getränk aus hauptsächlich Mais, ...
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