A Lil All Over The Place

Ecuador, March 4, 2012: The Coast to Guayaquil The final day of our trip began with an outing to Salinas, a resort beach community about 20 minutes down the coast from La Libertad. Our time lounging was short-lived, however, as we had to get back for a lovely homemade lunch of shrimp ceviche, fried plantains and rice, prepared by Carlos’ family. Very tasty! Not only was his family very hospitable, […]

Ecuador, February 25: Guayaquil to Cuenca My first thought after touching down in Guayaquil, Ecuador in February 2012: South America is  is closer than I thought. I had flown there with my friend Chris, and the two of us were meeting up with a third friend, Carlos, who was Ecuadorian by decent and had arrived a week earlier to spend time with his family. The flight from Boston had been […]