Last Miles ...

Good Morning everyone .. no, it's not Morning time in your place, well at least it's always Morning somewhere on the planet. Hmm... let´s see where are we ... we just finished our trip through Ecuador. Ecuador is the second-smallest country in South America, but its range of offerings is no less than astounding. In one day’s drive you can journey from the Amazon Basin across glaciated Andean volcanoes, down through tropical cloud forest and into the sunset for a dinner of ceviche on the balmy Pacific coast ... which of course we all did, and much more as u might reckon :) Plenty of options, no matter if you are adrenaline junky, culture maniac, a great fan of nature or just think that people are the greatest fun (which is sometimes more than true).
Ecuador was populated by several mutually antagonistic tribes at the time of the Inca conquest . The Spanish arrived from Peru and ruled the country until the early 19th century.
Today, Ecuador remains a multiethnic and multicultural nation, where more than 14 indigenous groups maintain their own traditions and ways of life, to the delight of visitors.
We crossed the land straight from south to north via Loja, Cuenca, Banos and finally the ancient Kingdom of Quito. New York has Fifth Avenue, Paris the Champs Elysees—Ecuador has its own famous avenue, with a bit of a twist: the Avenue of the Volcanoes. Thus named by the legendary explorer Alexander von Humboldt, the central highlands of Ecuador take the form of a highland valley flanked by two parallel cordillera of the Andes.
Cuenca touched our hearts deeply since we made acqaintance by a lovely Cuenceno named Patricio who took us around and gave us the chance to meet people and culture in an unusual way. There was it when we became addicted by the traditional hot chocolate, of course mixed with a little Ron Ecuador.
Currently we are enjoying our final days in North-Colombia by the Caribbean Coast (which is not the worst place to hang out) .. one last blog entry to follow within the next days.
Have a great week, don't get stuck ... catch u around soon.
The two travel junkies.

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