Road knits
steph We are now in Quito. I’m not going to go into details about how we got here (on the back of a flatbed). I’m not going to detail the outpouring…
One year (a post with graphs)
jbuhler Since as a few days ago it has been a year that we left San Francisco, I thought it was time for a post with graphs. These are all the…
Easy Ecuador
We spent our last night in Colombia with this view. This is the Santuario de Las Lajas, just on the border of Ecuador and Colombia, near Ipiales. It’s not a…
Highs, lows, deserts and rains
First off, I want to say thanks to everyone who has read and commented all around on my last post, Traveling While Asian. I was a little unsure of posting…
Traveling while Asian
Yesterday marked one year since we left San Francisco. It’s hard to talk about the past year without going on forever or lapsing into boring generalizations. The first three months…
Rolling through
Colombia continues to be very good to us, with beautiful mountains, pleasant weather, great people, and relaxed times. The agricultural strikes restricted our movement a little, but we clearly didn’t…
Ecce Homo
Sadly, not this one: Instead, we went to the Convento Ecce Homo, on the edge of the valley, near Villa de Leyva. This place was founded in 1620, and we…
One year of Milo
Dear San Francisco Animal Care and Control, One year ago today, we adopted Milo. Nine days later, we headed south with him, driving in our Volkswagen camper down through Mexico,…
Only in a VW
We arrived in San Gil when it was already dark, after driving through the beautiful Chicamocha Canyon. Since Colombia feels extremely safe, we have reverted to our Mexico mindset, so…