Quito
24 aprile, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 18 °CBack in Quito! We stayed a few days to acclimatize after the jump from sea level to 2800 m and mostly walked around the city.
Back in Quito! We stayed a few days to acclimatize after the jump from sea level to 2800 m and mostly walked around the city.
San Cristobal's colony of Galapagos sea lions is the largest in the archipelago and they are our new favourite animals. They are so playful and we often found ourselves surrounded by them whileLeggi altro
Isabela is the largest and one of the youngest of the Galapagos islands. Being here felt like being in a Planet Earth episode. We were greeted by penguins & sea lions upon our arrival and had a viewLeggi altro
Being so close, knowing the already steep entrance fee is going to double this August and realizing the amount of tourists in Ecuador is lower than usual due to the current crisis, made the GalapagosLeggi altro
The Ecuadorian Amazon is only reachable by organized tours but our 4-day trip to Cuyabeno Reserve was worth every penny! We went looking for animals by boat or on foot, during the day or during theLeggi altro
We ended up staying longer than expected because we needed to slow down a bit after all those Colombian buses. Our week in Quito provided the structure we've missed for a while now. Even the weatherLeggi altro
20 typical pictures of our two months in Colombia!
Another long (but very scenic) bus ride brought us to this ugly border town. We had just enough time left to hop in a shared taxi and visit the popular cathedral Las Lajas. Despite having ignored theLeggi altro
Maybe it was the rain, or the fact that the Puracé Volcano was closed due to elevated seismic activity, but 'The White City' didn't appeal to us that much. The typical food on the other hand ... 🤤
The Andes town of San Augustín is surrounded by steep river canyons and archaeological sites that contain prehispanic carved volcanic stone figures 🗿. It's also in this region that the mightyLeggi altro