Mindo is a small town set in a beautiful cloud forest in the foothills of the Andes mountains. To get there, we took a 2.5 hour bus ride from Quito. […]

Cotopaxi is an active volcano in the Andes Mountains, about 30 miles south of Quito. We did a day trip to Cotopaxi National Park with CarpeDM tours. Normally, the tour […]

There are a number of things I’ve found interesting about Quito, and Ecuador in general: The city of Quito is long and narrow (25 miles long by 3 miles wide); […]

Quito’s closest volcano is Pichincha. Our first day in Quito, we hiked to the Rucu Pichincha summit. We started the hike from the top of the TelefériQo, which is just […]

Our 3 day tour of the Cuyabueno Wildlife Reserve in the Amazon (booked with Jamu Lodge) started from Lago Agrio. From there, it was a 2-hour drive to the entry […]