Coffee I LOVE YOU.

After Medellin we drove a couple of kilometers north to get to the central cordillera of Colombia.  We (or I) was on the search for some coffee covered hillsides and unspoiled beauty.  So our daily plans focused on being off the beaten path, finding donuts, and drinking coffee.  We started our city-detox with the quaint […]

Just When You Think Things Are Going Smoothly…Van Oddities and the Pressure of THE END in Northern Ecuador

We emerged out of the Ecuadorian jungle! Our next destination was Cotopaxi, one of Ecuador‘s crown jewels.  Emerging from the jungle definitely made me feel better temperature wise and I began looking forward to our border crossing to Colombia, only 2 weeks away.  I figured everything was going to go great.  I didn’t anticipate any cloudy skies, bugs, landslides, or additional […]