From summer into winter

Today we crossed the equator at "Mitad del mundo " in Ecuador. This little monument is where the northern and southern hemisphere connects .And with crossing the equator we are moving from summer into winter. While camping at a beautiful lake on 3700 meters, we prepared ourselves with some "Gluehwein" , the hot mold wine thats typical for the german winter season where we grew up.
We had crossed into Ecuador a few days ago early in the morning. Based on other travellers reports it could take 6 to 8 hours to get the paperwork done, but while we saw many venezuelen immigrants camping at the border we got us and the truck across with little delay.
While we enjoyed meeting other overlanders at a campground owned by a german, we escape into the mountains for nature, silence and hiking.Read more