Ibarra Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After more than two months of living and traveling Maya and I have had seen and done many different things across the country. While we obviously didnīt get the chance to see everything that we wanted because of time constraints, from what we did see, heard great things about but didnīt have time to go or went to and felt like it was over-hyped,...

Next to me on the flight was a sweet quiet Ecuadorian, Carlos, who was living in Spain & returning home for a month.We chatted & he told me his family lived in north. I had planned to stay the night in Quito, rather than take a bus & arrive in the dark in Otavalo, but had an idea... I rather cheekily asked if his family, who were al...

Made my way across the border without too much trouble. Started off from Pasto on the Colombian side of things and stopped at a small town called Ipales, which is very close to the border with Equador. It's famous for a massive (and I mean massive) church that's built into a river gorge and is also responsible for countless miracles due to the i...

Hello everyone! Carnival season has hit Ecuador and luckily today is the last day. The tradition here for Carnival involves soaking everyone with water balloons, buckets of water and hoses. Everyone is a fair target - I saw a nun get hit in Cuenca - and gringos are considered prime. Walking through the cities is like being in a video game, dodgi...