Time to See the World.....All of It!
One of our traveling goals is to volunteer across the world, largely for projects serving animals. So far we’ve done this in Guatemala and Costa Rica. Now it was Ecuador’s turn. Enter ZooRefugio Tarqui...
We arrived in Quito during its Semana Santa (Easter holy week) celebrations to discover that there was an internet outage in most of the city, which meant we couldn’t do our usual online investigations...
Cuenca is C for cool! A thriving city: it strikes a balance between looking good, having everything you need, stylish-but-friendly people, nuns, vegetarian restaurants and a very grumpy barber-ess.
Baños, adventure capital of Ecuador, sits under the mighty Tungarahua volcano (5023m), which is so active that very recently its output actually caused the road into Baños to be blocked. Consequently, our esteemed and conservative...
Many years ago – okay seven – my mother-in-law and I bonded over the acquisition of some very hippy-ish, stripy trousers that we each bought at the famous Otavalo market. On that day I...
"We are Toby & Alison. In October 2013 we packed up, left our careers and embarked on the trip-of-a-lifetime around the world. We have no idea how long we will travel for, or what we're going to do along the way. This blog is a record of our adventures and (hopefully minor) mishaps." Read more ...
