I owe a couple of posts about Elizabeth and I traveling from Ecuador to Peru, but I’ve had too much happening to be able to take time to write. I fully intend to write those posts sometime soon. Elizabeth and I arrived in Lima this past Friday, March 25th. On Saturday morning I developed a fever. I knew that developing… Read more →
Month: March 2016
Goodbye, Josh
Josh was trying to figure out a way to get Mancora, Peru, in a minimal amount of time. He works as a programmer and his job expects him to keep pretty regular business hours. They kind of don’t know that he’s on this trip. He works remotely, so as long as he has an Internet connection, it doesn’t really matter where… Read more →
Bronchitis in Baños
Josh and I arrived in Baños this past Sunday, March 13th, driving separately, and it’s been a pretty great visit. The Drive from Tena The drive from Tena, though, was absolutely miserable. It was raining, and in spite of my reluctance to ride in the rain and risk getting sick again, I did it anyway because I was tired of Tena. It… Read more →
Short update: We’re all alive
Hey there. I was working on a post for a couple of days, but then we had to leave Banos in a hurry. I’ve been traveling for the past three days straight and finally have the time to relax. I’m writing from Chiclayo, Peru. T-Mobile doesn’t play nicely with any of the popular cell networks down here, and the wi-fi… Read more →
Rain gear
When Josh and I left Quito earlier this week, the plan was to ride together to Tena. He took the lead, listening to directions from his GPS. One of the big problems with GPS is that it’s unreliable. It’s not unexpected for GPS to tell you to go the wrong way down a one-way street. As we left Quito, Josh’s… Read more →
Quito
So far, Quito has been my least favorite place, even though I wound up with some pretty great pictures. The three of us have largely been doing our own thing. Elizabeth met a pretty cool guy and has been spending some time with him. Josh and I signed up for some salsa lessons. The deal was 10… Read more →
Air
I was riding my motorcycle in Quito the other day. I was on my way to my hostel, and was zipping back and forth between lanes, as one does. My bike was in the middle lane, behind a slow-moving car. I noticed that the right-hand lane was completely empty, so I pulled to the right and prepared to pass. And then… Read more →
Border Crossing
I want to be sure that I don’t spend the entire trip writing about the trip, so I’ve taken the last several days off in order to focus on some other projects. Currently, we’re in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Getting here meant dealing with our first border crossing. Nothing Beats Experience Reading about something is a lot different than… Read more →