Like it? Share it!All Saints’ and All Souls’ : enjoying a few days off in November in Ecuador This year, Ecuadorians enjoyed a very long break end of October/beginning of November. All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day are both holidays, and just happened to be on Monday and Tuesday, so many people took advantage of …
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Like it? Share it!The beauty of a small country’s genuine pride Last summer, many people over the world rooted for their countries’s athletes in about 400 different competitions in 59 represented sports. The bigger nations, as usual, focused on their daily ranking, how many medals they got each day, and whether this or that athlete …
Like it? Share it!As I mentioned in a previous post, getting your Ecuadorian driver’s license is some adventure… But once you have it, you realize driving in the country is the actual adventure! But unless you live in a neighborhood where you can do everything and get everything you need on foot, at some point …
Like it? Share it!After an exhausting trip, just a few hours after first setting foot in Ecuador, we had to answer an essential question: what were we going to eat for lunch? We were staying at a small and cozy B&B, surrounded by nature, away from the city of Quito… We were recommended to head …
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Like it? Share it!This week marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic appeared in Latin America and its countries started, the one after the other, to close schools. Most countries have kept them closed ever since, and some have only just started reopening them again this year, others not. According to data from the UNICEF, …
Like it? Share it!Iguaçu (in portuguese) or Iguazu (in spanish) falls are the natural border separating Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It is an important protected natural site, within the rain forest, home of a rich variety of fauna and flora, and of course the largest waterfall of the world. Or waterfalls, to be exact, as …
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Like it? Share it!Salinas is located on the Southern part of the Ecuadorian coast, a rough 2-hour drive from Guayaquil. It is a very popular beach town, both during weekends and for the holidays. Unlike many ecuadorian beaches, Salinas is not a village but a real town, with rather high buildings (from 5 to 15 …
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Like it? Share it!Do you like walking ? I certainly do ! Especially upon arriving in a new place. In my opinion, walking is the best way to discover a new neighborhood. Because it is slow, you have plenty of time to observe and spot all the places you need to identify : supermarket/grocery stores, hospital/doctors/other medical professionals, …
Like it? Share it!This year is very different from what we are used to, and many things are being either canceled or modified. Carnival is one of them. This major event in many Latin American countries had to adapt to current circumstances. In the country of carnival, Brazil, it couldn’t be canceled, so it was …
Like it? Share it!In every Latin American country you may visit, you will come across this unusual kind of urban decor along the streets : utility poles sinking under the excessive weight of numerous cables, whether they are electrical, phone or internet wires. So far, only very few power lines are underground, most of them rule …
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