Sangolqui, Ecuador

Hmmmm...not sure how to even begin this...and when have I even been at loss for words?The flight was fine, easy and non-eventful, just like you want them to be. There were surprisingly few Ecuadorians on the flight from Atlanta to Quito.; it was mostly ...

... shared dinners, birthdays, barbeques, and bar mitzvahs cemented the friendship. Almost every year Grandparents Maria and Antonio visited from Sangolqui and the friendship grew. We met Linda's sisters and her dad, Alfredo who live permanently in the US, and ...

The morning started with a trip to the Sangolqui marketplace with Maria & Juan Carlos at 7:30. I learned a new Spanish word, pica,which seems to be the equivalent of grazing or noshing, because that's how I spent the next few hours. Pica, pica, pica, ...

... head back over the mountains. Our ride was now longer, 10 hours since Salinas had brought us even further away from our base in Sangolqui. It was back over the mountains, but since we were heading up over the pass, the ride would be slower, and since we ...