Nolan2006

Cuzco Time for Christmas and New Years and what better place to spend it than a city filled with gringos, thousands of miles away from my family and friends. Whatever, I still managed to have a good time. We got to Cuzco which is the tourist capital of South America. It’s 3200 meters above sea level so it definitely felt like home because of the cold! We found a really nice hostel right near the main plaza so that was good. We were planning to rent quads for Christmas day but it ended up raining pretty hard so that idea got scratched. So instead we relaxed in our hostel and watched a bootlegged version of Borat haha. That movie is ridiculous but soooo funny! “Sex crime HIGH FIVE” haha. In the meantime we arranged a trip ... read more

Cajamarca Before I start this blog I would like to say Merry Christmas to all of you. Today is Christmas and it is very hard to be away from home. I am, however, grateful for the opportunities that have come my way to make this all happen. I miss everybody right now more than ever but hope that you all have great holidays. I wrote this next blog a while ago and right now I am in Cusco, Peru. I wanna give a couple shouts to my Mom, Dave and Tyler. My Mom is holding together the house and family in Lantzville, while my Dad has been nominated for the Hall of Fame in Victoria for racing! A once in a lifetime achievement! My bro is off to Salmon Arm in Feb to start school...I´m comin ... read more

Chiclayo Chiclayo is said to be a city filled with historic sites and good people. It's a popular city due to the fact it has amazing sites and it's right on the Pan-American highway on the west coast. We arrived at night and were greeted by a very feo cab driver. His name was Hebert and was nice enough to help us with all of our stuff into his cab. While we were driving to a new hostel he recommended, he was telling us all about the great things in Chiclayo. He offered to show us everything (for a price of course). But when you divided up the cost between the 4 of us, it ended up to be $10 each. A wicked price for a personal chauffer! He dropped us off at the Tumbes hostel ... read more

Vilcabamba We had to take a bus from Guayaquil to Loja, and then transfer onto another bus that would take us to this little colonial town in Southern Ecuador, Vilacbamba; our final stop in Ecuador. We got there in the afternoon and found this hostel owned by a Canadian! His name is Marcel and he was excited to see other Canadians because Vilacabamba doesn’t see as many tourists as other places. The hostel was dope! It had a pool, comfortable beds, and a great restaurant. We checked in then hit town. We were sauntering through the main square when we looked in a shop and couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw the classic red bandana and black beard. Geoff and Kelly ended in the town at the exact same time as us! Haha. We thought ... read more

After the exhausting jungle trip Miguel and I agreed that we needed the beach and sunshine again. The girls mentioned that they were planning to go to this little beach city on the coast and mentioned that we should go with them. Even though it was a bit of a back-track, we didn’t care because it was the long weekend here, and apparently everyone rolls into this little town. So, after returning to Baños for one last night, we found a bus to Guayaquil which would host a connector bus to Montañita. We decided to take a day bus for once so we could see the Andes as we traveled through them. We left Baños at 11am. The bus we were on was just as weak as the last 8 lol. Whatever though, we’re on ... read more