El Salado Thermal Baths

The hot springs complex, 5 minute walk from my house, lays sad and empty. I stare longingly down at the healing pools when I walk with CiCi each day.

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Cuarentena Musings

May 24th 2020
Quarantine, coming from the Italian word quaranta (40) is Cuarentena in Spanish cuarenta (40) but here in Ecuador we’ve been in isolation for twice that amount of time with daily 2 pm to 5 am curfews, permission to drive a vehicle only one day a week (based on the last number of the license plate), and requirement to wear a mask in public and disposable gloves in the grocery store. T ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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