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Ecuadorian Adventure

Once again the Swedish vikings pack their bags and go west. Far far west. But this time they plan to do alot less pillaging and alot more culture exploring when they attend an ecuadorian wedding! Enjoy! Read more
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    July 9, 2018
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    Preparations

    July 6, 2018 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    So I just started the blog and getting myself familiarized using the interface and the app. Our last two travels to Thailand were documented through now retired TravelPod (RIP). Been checking out alternatives the last week and finally decided to give the penguin a go. I dont have very high demands but I do like to write and document using tablet in a diary-like fashion with text and pictures/movies. The kids love to look back at our previous adventures and by documenting it i make sure our invested time and money becomes lasting memories, I also prefer not being limited by internet access, sometimes you just need to write things down before you forget and the penguin seems to be working online and offline.

    Our preparations of the 2.5 week long adventure in Ecuador and Galapagos is presently underway. Wedding clothes are packed. The tablets are full of movies and films. Small gifts and presents to occupy the kids on the 18 hour flight are bough. We are up to date with our vaccines and our traveller's pharmacy is fully prepared. We also cleaned the entire house today to make my mother-in-law's stay here more enjoyable! :) Tomorrow we will do the finishing packing and weigh the bags to make sure they are below the limit. Soon we are ready to take off!    Read more

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    On our way

    July 9, 2018 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    And so the adventure begins!

    The alarm went off att 6am and by 6.40 we were all tucked in the car and on our way to the Airport. Everything went smoothly and we are now enjoying our breakfast outside the gate.

    The plane leaves for Amsterdam around 10 am where we board the big plane for Panama where we switch plane to reach our final destination: Quito, Ecuador.

    When the planes starts to descend for Amsterdam Viggo asks

    "When are we arriving at Liseberg?!"

    Not anytime soon, hun. :)    Read more

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    Transfer in Panama

    July 9, 2018 in Panama ⋅ 🌧 31 °C

    Made it to Panama with no trouble at all. Lokal time is around 6 pm but our internal clock is some time past midnight. Everyone is tired bit excited to get the last flight started. Viggo slept the last two hours on plane but before that he played happily with play-dough and plusplus and watched Dumbo twice.

    Not sure how the girls passed their time bit they sat behind me with Bengt and didnt tear anything apart so i assume they enjoyed themselves with movies, cartoons and games.

    Last flight, between Panama and Quito, was delayed almost an hour for technical reasons but finally we were off! Viggo fell asleep almost immediatly and had a frightening dream about crabs mid flight. His haunting screams must have terrified half the plane!

    After being awake for almost 24 hours we were greeted by Daniel and his family. They transported us to their home just outside Quito and we were all happily tucked into bed. We have finally arrived!    Read more

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    Centro del mundo

    July 10, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    After an excellent and well needed night's sleep we gathered around the breakfast table and had a wonderful time. Daniel's sister boiled eggs and made tea and we ate loads of toast. Not too empressed by the cheese but the hospitality was gold! Super friendly family that went all the way to make us feel so welcome!

    Today have we visited the ciudad mitad del Mundo, the point zero latitude at the equator. We saw a couple of exhibitions of Guayasamin, a famous ecuadorian painter. We also tasted chocolate and beer and did experiments. Apparently the gravity is less present on the equator so for instance ballancing an egg on a nail wasnt an impossibility.

    In the evening we decided to go into the center to visit the market and try some hot chocolate and South american specialities. In the meantime my mother took the kids to bed. Apparently Viggo manager to camouflage himself up against the white chalk painted wall so when my uncle went to check in him a while later he almost had a heart attack. The kid appeared to be missing! My mom luckily found hon before they called him in as a missing person and all things good.

    Now im behind in today's big adventure in the cloud forest but im just so exhausted it has to wait until tomorrow. Night night everyone!    Read more

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    Tambo Tanda

    July 11, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Today we experienced the ecuadorian wildlife at Tambo Tanda in the Tamboyata district. What you need to understand about moving around in the local highlands and mountain area is that while the roads are great and rather well kept they serpent around breath taking cliffs and steaps and the entire family arriving from the flat southern sweden had to take car sickness pills (with the exception of the 3yo) to endure the wild experience. Tilde, that is prone to car sickness also wore acupressure bracelets. These preparations made it possible to relocate and to take in the most breath taking views while doing it!

    Some of the mountains close to Quito have very little vegitation on and Cathy explained that it had to do with deforestation from the poorer population of Quito. Viggo was very upset to hear that but his spirit rose when we got some distance from Quito and entered the rainforest. Rainforest growing above a certain altitude is called cloud forest and we were going to take a closer look at the nature and wildlife above the clouds.

    Tambo Tanda is an area that is internationally praised for their rich wildlife and especially hummingbirds and other birds. We arrived to this cute lodge at the mountain side and even though we were a bit lower that Quito we were still almost a km above Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain top of Sweden. This was quite clear to us when we went to the first view point to get an amazing view over the rainforest. The air was damp and by just following the path through the forest we were panting from the lack of oxygene. The kids were doing alright and befriended all the dogs belonging to the guides. :)

    The next adventure was to go up the hillside in a small lift, across a creek on a small suspension bridge and into the forest. They told us people get here to do hikes and imagine it would be an awesome way to experience the nature first hand. By just following the trail we saw spiders, frogs and butterflies, some of which made this optical illusion when flying. Also the air was filled with the sounds of birds and insects.

    After a short walk of maybe half an hour we arrived at the first zipline stop! All kinds of emotions flew through me but mostly i was scared out of my pants. :) Allmost the entire group wanted to go, Tilde, almost 10years old, included. She changed her mind when she was about to be fasted to the zipline after we explained to her that to get back to the camp you had to follow through with the other ziplines after this one because there were no trail between them. I felt bad for her afterwards because she was quite disappointed in herselft for not following through.

    The worst part for me was the taking off, to throw yourself into the air and let go of the ground. After that it was the most thrilling experience and we went with the total of 4 such passes where some were over smaller creeks and one was a long, probably about 50 meters up in the air where you got to see the top of the rainforest and a waterfall far below. An amazing experience!

    Well back at the camp we were server freshly caught trout that had been grilled to perfection and was served with potatoes, rice and vegitables. Afterwards we were rewarded with a bath in a heated tub placed so you could experience the breath taking view of the mountains. They had placed hummingbird feeding stations next the the tub and while we were soaking our chocked muscles the birds kept zipping past us, making this high pitched excited sound.

    Such an amazing day! Highly recommend!    Read more

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    Vamos a la playa!

    July 12, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Today was relocation day. The Serranos had rented a yellow school bus which took us to the west coast of Ecuador in about 7 hours. During the trip we got to experience the changes of the nature and climate. Ecuador has four different climate zones: the mountains, the coast, the rainforest and finally the islands. Before our journey has come to an end we will have experienced all of them.

    After aprox 4 hours on the bus we took a short stop. The kids couldnt believe how lucky they were to have chips and buiscits for lunch! I tasted and enjoyed a bag of chrisps containing a mixture of potatoes, banana and bacon! Not my ordinary lunch but ok!

    After almost 8 hours on the road we had ourselves a cooked meal at a restaurant at San Clemente, the fishing village we are staying in until sunday. The sun had already set when we checked into the hotel but we are looking forward to have some sightseeing around the neighbourhood tomorrow- we are staying almost on the beach and we can hear the sea from our window.    Read more

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    Whale spotting

    July 13, 2018, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Today we got up early and had the most exellent breakfast with home made scones, fresh fruit and scrambled eggs and ham, made and served by the owners of the hotel, Jim and his wife. Jim is a quirky little man from Tennessee and both him and his wife has been extraordinary kind to us. I must admit it feels nice to speak english to someone. I manage to get by with my school spanish but im not fooling anyone, that's for sure. 😀

    After breakfast we gathered on the beach and were split into two groups, we were going by two different boats. The sea was the same colour as grey clay with playful waves with white foam on top. Once out on open water it was hard to distinguish the whales from the moving waves but once you got a hang of it, i was the one spotting them on ceveral occacions. When they got up to breath they sprayed with the blowhole a cloud of mist whereas the waves were just white. We were told it was a family of 3 we were observing; a male, a female and their baby. The male jumped om several occacions. It was very exciting and i consider myself very lucky to being able to see hunch back wales (ord any whales, for that reason). The cost for 2-3 hours with a whale spotter boat was 15 dollar/person.

    In the evening we went to this cozy restaurant in the middle of Span Clemente main street. Aserca de caballeros ord something. We ate grilled chicken and had milkshake and it was exellent!    Read more

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    The Wedding!

    July 14, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    So came the big wedding day of my little sister, who is the reason we went all the way to Ecuador in the first place: she is marrying her Daniel from Quito.

    We had had a quite troublesome night with the kids and got off to a bad start but the breakfast made it all up. The lady had made the effort to make freshly squeezed orange juice, omelette with ham, spinach and mushroom and she served it in a home made bread with maize and chia seeds. For the kids she made pancakes with maple sirup. Viggo slept to 10 so we took turns at the table but boy was it good!

    After that we switched to the hotel where the wedding took place later in the evening. They had a pool, which made the kids so happy!

    Things concerning the wedding, like the time to meet up, get the hair done or how long a wedding ceremony would was expected to be was, what we called, "ecuadorian fluent". Meaning five minuters could be anything from 15 minutes to 45 minutes. We were suppposed to get our rooms at noon but they were ready att 1:30 pm. And the girls were flower girls and were supposed to get their hair fixed and their time changed from 2:30 to 4 and then it was delayed another 30 mins. No worries, i get it, it's hard to keep things exact and at a wedding people work in a very complex time schedule but still, i notice that cultural difference regarding time. 😊

    Anyway, everything went smoothly and with just 45 minutes delay the wedding started. The merging between the secularized Sweden and chatolic Ecuador, two continents united. The ceremony was beautifully executed on the beach and at the point where Daniel had a chosen bible verse read and Martina had a personally written poem read, the sun broke free of the clouds and painted the sky in a rosey pink sunset. It was all together lovely!

    After the ceremony the food was delivered very efficiently and i detected a trace of passion fruit through all courses. We heard less speaches than in a normal Swedish wedding but on the contrary everyone joined in the dance. Old and young, shy and exhibitionist all in one great mixture. Tilde turned out to be the dancing queen of the party and rarely sat down at all.

    I put the two younger to bed at 11, Freja was complaining over headache and pain in her eye and Viggo went unwilling but fell asleap as soon as his head hit the pillow anyway. The rest of us headed back home an hour later. The dancing area and the music equipment was just outside our main bedroom and im surprised we managed to sleep at all. But we did. A good ending of a wonderful day. I quote Tilde: "Ecuadorians know how to party, this was the best day of my life!"    Read more

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    Some down time

    July 15, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    The day after the wedding we had some well deserved rest. The wedding couple had payed for the entire hotel and we enjoyed some breakfast with the newly extended Serrano family and made use of the hotel pool. Tilde practiced her diving and Freja her floating skills. Viggo just splashed around with his floating devices. We stayed a couple of hours after we checked out and watched the world cup finals on a big screen the hotel staff put up.

    In the afternoon we went back to Jim and Emelia at Casa de Playa and hung out the rest of the day around our rooms and on the beach. The girls played cards and Viggo were hanging around his grandparents and me and Bengt had some time to just sit, relax and read. I heard that back in Sweden the heat wave continue and some of my friends are volonteering to stand watch over areas in danger of forest fires. Apparently you guys have around 35 degrees, we just have 25 and quite windy as we are located right on the beach.

    In the evening we went back to our grilled chicken place for dinner. A really lovely family: they decide for the evening what to grill which means the menue might change from night to night but the food is always fresh. And i have managed to do our order in spanish so they must be very well meaning 😁 This particular night the kids went for grilled chicken and i for the meat. Bengt had "choletas" which we learned afterwards was porkchops. Then we had milkshakes to go: chocolate, guanabana and pineapple. Sweet ending on a sweet day. Viggo fell asleep while i was helping him with his pyamas and Bengt followed him shortly after. Me and the girls layed awake and talked about dreams and about making a dream diary. At 10 pm we called it a night.    Read more

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    Guayaquil

    July 16, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Today it was time to relocate to Guayaquil, where the airport taking us to Galapagos tomorrow is.

    We left by bus arranged by the Serranos and the trip took around 4.5 hours. I had made arrangements to bring sandwiches and soft drinks the evening before and we picked them up around noon and took them with us in the bus. We felt a bit sad to leave Jim and Emilia and Casa la Playa. This particular morning 3 families of fishermen worked for hours to gather their fishing nets on the beach we had played on the last couple of days. Jim told us they get to do that once a month and the catch supports around 300 people. No wonder they worked hard!

    We arrived on Hotel Continental in the 2 million city of Guayaquil around 6 pm. We decided to just rest for half an hour and after that try and navigate to a recommended restaurant. There are many more street venders and the traffic is horrible, im glad we only had to go through five crossings. At the restaurant Casa Res the kids were delighted they could have hamburgers and me and Bengt had meat and french fries. It was delicious, my only concern is that my medium well done steak was... not medium well done. I hope we dont get sick!    Read more

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    San Cristobal, Galapagos

    July 17, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After a quite disruptive night (my uncle Göran came knocking on our door after we had fallen asleep to tell us there had been a change of flight time to an earlier one, some of the girls had managed to set the alarm clock to 12 am and i also managed to snooze it in my attempt to shut it off so it rang one more time 15 mins later plus we only had 3 beds so we chared the pretty narrow beds) the alarm woke us up att 6:25. We got dressed and had some breakfast before the taxis picked us up.

    At the airport we got our bags scanned for organic material and had to fill in forms that we understood that we were about to enter a national park with strict regulations of what to bring and not. We also had to pay the foreigner's visitation fee á 20$/person before we got to go through the regular safety control.

    We bought some chocolate at the taxfree. It's nice to bring some gifts back with us.

    At the plane we discouvered we were placed at random except me and Viggo that sat together. The two girls sat two seats ahead of us. At the point when we were landing the poor gentleman sitting next to me were able to say in perfect swedish "Freja, sätt dig ner med huvudet framåt" (Freja, sit down with your head facing forward). No explaination needed. :)

    The flight took 2 hours and when we decended out of the clouds the beautiful islands of Galapagos rose like green pearls from the blue ocean. We had recieved prints with our information of the stay and Bengt had managed to fill in his swedish residence info but we passed through security check without being questioned. A bus waited outside the building and drove us to the hotel where we had a cantena sort of lunch (no coffea included 😥).

    After the lunch we headed out on the first excursion: a trip to el Centro de Interpretacion, a museum of natural selection. Our guide spoke no english so i had to translate for the swedish group. Part of the museum had english translated texts so we managed. After the museum we headed to the Playa Mann. It was a small but lovely beach full of friendly and curious fur seals. Bengt and the kids went in to swim and was joined by a couple of seals. The male ones made funny noises and there was a funky fishy smell in the air. Good fun!

    We walked back through the town to the hotel. Everyone is tired.    Read more

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    Sick day

    July 18, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    After an amazing day yesterday we have had a slight drawback with Freja that has been sick tonight and this morning. This lead to the sad decision that she and one of us parents need to stay home on today's excursion to the famous galapagan turtles. We drew straw, me and Bengt, and I became the sad looser and am staying in bed with her while the rest continue the six hour adventure. The staff has been very friendly and asked if i wanted to take her to the hospital, apparently it's free of charge and very good canadian staff? I have told them I dont think it's necissary, she just need some rest.

    The rest went to the land turtle preservation centre and told us they had fun. Freja rose in the late afternoon and she and i had a walk to the city to enjoy an icecream and to buy some t-shirts. Not too disappointed with the day.    Read more

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    Open water and turtle bay

    July 19, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    An morning that started prior to six, contained a bus trip to the harbour, a bag search for forbidden materials when leaving the island and a near death experience on the devil's speed boat for two hours on open water. Our family sat in the back and managed pretty well but inside people.vomited left and right. The staff had a designated plastic bag dealer which also took care of waste and sprayed the air with air freshener. Take my word: if you ever consider going between the two islands San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz, use sea sickness pills! Tilde has taken double dose and wore her sea sickness bracelets but still couldnt hold it in when the captain stopped the boat to use the toilet. To put it simple, my mom'd rather build a new life in Galapagos rather than go back by boat. ☺️

    So after our near-death experience we were packed on a bus and shipped to our hotel where we were told we would be picked up in 20 minutes to go on our first tour. I have never seen a family of five put better use on 20 minutes- all five managed to use the bathroom, change the wet clothes and put on some sunscreen plus pack towels and swimsuits. Some kind of record!

    Our first trip went to the beautiful white sand beach of Tortuga Bay. To get there we had to walk for 2.5 km over the strange black landscape significant for Galapagos: with the cactus and an ocasional Santo Palo, the bleached white tree with the fragrant smell. Our guide told us it gets green in december, january, february after the rain.

    The 2.5km walk in the heat was enough for some of our group but me and the girls continued to a more tranquil bay on the other side of the beach. We saw turtle enclosures marked with orange tape to mark where the turtles had layed their eggs and we also saw a colony of black iguanas. How very strange creatures! In the more secluded bay we went to a well deserved swim before we started the long way back. How the kids managed to walk mostly the entire way back amazes me, Viggo is no more than 3 and must have walked closer to 5 km in the heat. But afterwards we were all out of energy so when the guides had planned a trip to the Darwin museum me and the kids decided to stay back at the hotel and rest. Bengt went and said it was interesting.

    Tired of the hotel food we went out to eat in the evening. I had ceviche for the hundred time, yum! Well home i was attacked by a cochroach. It was scary, it hid in our shoes until Bengt chased it out with a broom!    Read more

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    Santa Cruz sightseeing

    July 20, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Our guides had planned a program for the morning and gave us free time in the afternoon. It resulted in a day of exploring and sightseeing. First we caught a taxi boat in the harbour that took us to see the sight of german settlement back in the old day. These days it's a fancy hotel area. We also went around the coast to see some steep barren cliffs that was a popular bird nesting sight. Here were blue footed boobies, fregat birds, pelicans and many more spieces. We also saw the very popular bright red crabs that climb to anything.

    After that we stopped by a dock that was nothing more than a couple of sticks and from there we walked to Playa de los perros. Apparently it got it's name after a specially big but foul tasting crab the first settlers had tried to eat. We also saw more iguanas and a tide filled pool with sharks in it and had the opportunity to swim in a sea water filled creek before we headed back to the boat to return to the hotel.

    After some rest our family decided to ditch the hotel food and search for something more culinary for the evening. The younglings missed home and went for hamburgers and spagetti. For me the choice was easy, i go for ceviche. I have no big love for the local cuisine but for ceviche. And that rainbow trout we had in Tambo Tanda, that was the best grilled fish i have ever eaten! And when i'm on the subject- coffea! How can a country that produces one of the best coffea in the world serve stinking Nescafé to each meal?! I fail to understand! ☺️☕ However, we went through the tourist shop and bought both coffea, chocolate and some t-shirts to bring. We also took a walk to the dock where we spotted both a manta and some baby sharks in the last rays of sunset.    Read more

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    Flight back to Quito

    July 21, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    The bus picked us up att 8:30 in the morning and took us for a 40 min bus ride through the countryside. Then we went by ferry to the isle of Bahía where the airport was. Our plane stopped by Guayaquil to let off some passengers and have some new ones on. They let us stay on the plane and me and the girls did some drawings while we waited. The plane to Quito took 35 minutes so it was fast!

    At Marisqál Sucre, the Airport in Quito, we were picked up by the Serranos. They had prepared dinner when we arrived back to their place and we finished the day with grilled hamburgers, music and stories! We went to bed at 9 pm I think. 😊    Read more

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    A day with nothing on the agenda

    July 22, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Back to Quito and the day before my parents and my uncle and brother was to fly home so not much planned other than to take it easy. Bengt and the girls went to a sports club to swim. Freja is practicing her floating and Tilde just wants to dive! Me and Viggo stayed home and played with Lego. Steph and Cathy prepared pizza for lunch and Daniel's grandparents came over and talked and exchanged gifts.

    In the afternoon Edgar took the girls and the dogs up the mountain and I dont know who was happier!

    The rest of the day we had to resolve my parents flight home because they found out the first domestic flight had been cancelled and they were unable to get to Guayaquil to get the transatlantic flight. We ended up going to this supermercado to talk to an agent for Tame, the domestic flight agency. They promised to fix it if they get to the Airport in the morning. A bit late I would say but there is nothing more to do today. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. ☺️    Read more

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    High altitude and market

    July 23, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Today we said adiós to my parents who managed to change their flight to being able to go directly from Quito to Amsterdam! In the afternoon we went by cab to Teleferiquo, a cable cab up the Pichincha volcano to an amazing view over Quito. It is one of the highest aerial lift and even though Quito is the world's highest located capital the lift takes you even higher. We landed on 4000 m above sea level, it is twice the hight of the highest mountain in Sweden. Such amazing view, such nervousness to be up there knowing that the lack of oxygene eventually will cause headache, dizzyness and the swelling of the brain. We just stayed for some pictures before we took the lift down again, not taking any chances!

    After that experience we took a cab to Mercado Artesenal, an indian market in the middle of Quito. Here we bought a blanket, an Alpacka sweather for Bengt, chocolate, equadorian coffea, toys for the kids. All to bring with us back home! When we headed home it was already dark. The sun sets around 6 pm. Everyone is tired but happy!    Read more

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    Thermal pools in Papallacta

    July 24, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    So our final day in Ecuador Steph took us to see Papallacta just one hour outside of Quito. We went over the mountains until we reached a valley hidden deep within the green rainforest. Everything was beautiful! For just 9$ per adult and half of that for kids you got to spend the entire day at the hot springs. Some pools were cold from the mountain but most of them were heated from within the Antisana volcano. Unfortunatly Tilde woke up feeling unwell so she stayed home to rest for our flight back home tomorrow but the rest of the family had a wonderful time. Some of the springs had the distinct smell of sulfur from the volcano and a temperature of 45 degrees while as some had as low as 2 degrees celcius. The nature was stunning and it was so relaxing just sitting there, soaking and watching the cows far far away on the mountain. Highly recommended!Read more

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    Ready to go back home!

    July 25, 2018 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Our final day in Quito, Ecuador! All bags are packed and in half an hour we head to the airport where we plan to have lunch as soon as we are checked in. Im looking forward of going home, not that it hasn't been a pleasent adventure but I wanna get going on my everyday life again. Did my garden survive the drought? Can we find a bed for Viggo's room? Is it too early to contact contractors about the floor in the basement? And my summer course! I wanna study some more!

    So mentally i guess we are all prepared to go back home! Here is a list about the 3 things i find weirdest about Ecuador:
    1) They have allegadly the best coffee in the world. They only drink Nescafé.
    2) Their doorknobs are placed next to the wall so when you try to close the doors you will end up bruising your knuckles. All the time!
    3) You can see the stars at night even though Quito is an almost 2 million city. I have always told the kids the reason we cant see the stars at home is because we live in a city and the city lights make it impossible. Apparently I am wrong. I feel cheated. ☺️

    Adiós querida Ecuador! Hasta luego!    Read more

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    Waiting for the final flight

    July 26, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Travel's gone good so far. Been watching movies. Girls are finally asleep, they kept up until 1.30 am but slept a few hours before we landed in Amsterdam. Starting to feel a bit tired but the long flight is done so we are getting closer and closer! Security did an intimate search of me and the girls, hey they were almost inside my panties!

    Apparently KLM has overbooked the flight back to gothemburg and they are offering paychecks for passengers willing to consider a later flight. We are not those passengers. Im getting in line to go home now!    Read more

    Trip end
    July 26, 2018
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