Despite my dislike of goat, I seem to like restaurants with cute animal names. And Tail Up Goat is also practical. As I asked my husband in Ecuador, how do you tell a sheep and a goat apart? Tail up? It's a goat. Tail down? It's a sheep. Yup, it's that simple. Anyways, as a … [Read more...]
Exploring Otavalo & the Ecuadorian Highlands–Part 2: Crater Lake Hike
Man, Ecaudor. That earthquake/terremoto was a doozy (7.8 is stronggg). While we only flew through the city of Guayaquil, we are thinking of all those affected there and in the other coastal cities. Ecaudor was simply beautiful, and--as just demonstrated--it does sit on the … [Read more...]
Exploring Otavalo & the Ecuadorian Highlands–Part 1: The Markets
Before we went to the Galapagos Islands, we started in Otavalo, about a 1.5-2hr drive from Quito. The drive...not sure what those Ecuadorians are doing (or whether the roads in DC have permanently maimed my judgment), but the roads were fantastic. Not a pothole to be … [Read more...]
Back from the Galapagos…Grudgingly!
I'm going to be honest, I've been dragging my feet on this blog post. I think this has been the longest break in blogging I've had since I started blogging. Whoops. I don't know if it's because I've been too preoccupied with triathlon stuff (training and literally, stuff...tri … [Read more...]
The Start of a Busy, Busy Spring…First Up, Ecuador & No Internet (Gasp!)
We had snow here last Friday, and I think that may be the last of it for the winter (though I'm always up for a late March snow). It also marks the start of a few super busy months with lots of traveling! We are heading to the Ecuador and the Galapagos, and I'm excited about … [Read more...]
