Vegetarian Cuenca: Best Eats
Just like cafés, Cuenca has many places to eat, some terrible, many average and a few really excellent. There were actually more vegetarian options in…
The Juice Factory, Vilcabamba
More often than not, it’s the simplest ingredients that make the best meals, and nowhere in Ecuador did we find this to be more so…
Snow on the Equator? Hiking in Cotopaxi National Park
Being on the equator, we really hadn’t expected to be hiking in snow. To be fair, though, we were at almost 4600 metres above sea…
From on High: Top 3 Quito Views
Quito is a city full of gorgeous views. Since you can’t walk more than a few blocks in this UNESCO World Heritage city without going…
Guides | Lima | Peru | South America
Guide to Lima
Lima is logically the first place many international tourists visiting Peru come, and as is true of almost any capital city around the world, it…
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How We Rent Apartments While Travelling: South America Edition
Occasionally, when other travellers we meet learn that we are or have been renting an apartment in a given location, instead of staying in a…
Best Cafés in Cuenca for Digital Nomads
One thing Ecuador (except perhaps for Guayaquil) certainly has got right is the café culture. Compared to Peru, where cool cafés outside of big cities…
Finding Beauty in…Guayaquil
Welcome to another in our “Finding Beauty in…” series! Before arriving from Peru, we’d been warned that Guayaquil was really ugly. While not necessarily the…
Reflections on 10 Months in South America…and What’s Next?
Today is our last day in South America. As this post goes live, we’ll be packing our bags for the last time on this continent…
Eco Hotel Review: Samai Ocean Lodge Spa, Montañita
Silence is a rare, yet desirable commodity to any traveller familiar with the South American hotel or hostel scene. And we had found it. Waking…
Vegetarian Quito: La Cuchara de San Marcos
During our first week in Ecuador’s capital, we didn’t manage to find out as much about vegetarian Quito as we would’ve liked. It was only…
Guides | Lima | Peru | South America
Is Barranco Lima’s Trendiest Neighbourhood?
We were welcomed to by a sign, seemingly erected in the 1960s. Nothing seemed terribly special about this stretch of busy main road leading to…