We didn’t plan to go to the Galapagos. We first chose to go to Ecuador because we were feeling a bit iffy about travel around Peru given the political situation there. Of course, as we were planning our trip, the question kept coming up, “Should we go to the Galapagos Islands?” It’s on so many people’s “bucket list,” but it […]

After our exhausting, twisty, multi-leg bus ride down from Latacunga, we finally arrived in Cuenca, a city of 300,000+ people famous for its cathedral and universities. We ended up at Pepe’s House, a small hotel named after its proprietor’s cat, Pepe. In fact, there are usually three cats living there, but it turns out that while we were visiting, there […]