We had read that Ecuador, especially Cuenca, was an ideal place to retire. It's climate was ideal, the water was safe to drink, it had good, inexpensive medical services, and the cost of living was low. What we read on the Internet, especially the stuff from International Living, sounded too good to be true. So, we decided to travel to Ecuador for a month to find out what it was really like. We booked our flights, made some reservations at inexpensive hostels, and headed South. While we were in Ecuador, I kept our friends and relatives informed about our experiences with a blog. Now that the trip is over and we're back at home, I decided to convert the information from a blog format (most recent info first) into a chronological series of web pages that covered the trip from start to finish. Hopefully this serves as a more coherent description of our trip.
| List of all my Blog Posts |
- Sat, Mar 19: Time to start packing!
- Sun, Mar 20: The day before we leave
- Sun, Mar 20: Juno does not want to be left behind!
- Mon, Mar 21: The drive to Minneapolis
- Tue, Mar 22: The flights down
- Tue, Mar 22: Where we are staying
- Wed, Mar 23: Morning in Quito
- Wed, Mar 23: Later on
- Thu, Mar 24: Fly to Cuenca
- Thu, Mar 24: In Cuenca
- Fri, Mar 25: Morning in Cuenca
- Fri, Mar 25: In Cuenca
- Sat, Mar 26: In Cuenca
- Sun, Mar 27: Fly to Quito
- Mon, Mar 28: Bus to Cuenca
- Tue, Mar 29: In Cuenca
- Wed, Mar 30: In Cuenca
- Thu, Mar 31: In Cuenca
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- Fri, Apr 1: In Cuenca
- Sat, Apr 2: In Cuenca
- Sun, Apr 3: Daytrip of shopping
- Mon, Apr 4: Ruined ruins
- Tue, Apr 5: Visiting Museums
- Wed, Apr 6: Dan, Theresa & Lane leave
- Thu, Apr 7: Cuenca City Tour
- Fri, Apr 8: Walkabout
- Sat, Apr 9: Shopping frenzy
- Sun, Apr 10: Fly to Quito
- Mon, Apr 11: Quito and Equator
- Tue, Apr 12: Otavalo, waterfall & Cotacachi
- Wed, Apr 13: Heading for the Amazon
- Thu, Apr 14: Amazon Jungle
- Fri, Apr 15: Puyo, Baños, and Patate
- Sat, Apr 16: Pelileo, Cotopaxi Nat’l Park, Quito
- Sun, Apr 17: Quito
- Mon, Apr 18: Walk around Quito
- Tue, Apr 19: Last day in Ecuador
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