Another one of the awesome day trips I did from Quito Ecuador was climbing volcano Cotopaxi and enjoying some downhill mountain biking in the Cotopaxi national park. Volcano Cotopaxi or mount Cotopaxi as it is sometimes called is one of the highest most active volcanoes in the world. Coming in at a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft)
"Life is not about the breaths you take, It's about the moments that take your breath away." This quote and picture was taken from a bathroom at christmas time in Bocas Del Toro Panama Who says going to the bathroom can't be inspiring :D
Located just a couple of hours north west of Quito is the Andean town of Mindo. reachable by a bus from the north bus station for cost of $2.50. Set in a beautiful cloud forest this small town is primarily famous for it's number of bird species with over 450. There is also a large
While I was in Quito one of the many day trips that I did was visiting the Equator line "Mitad Del Mundo" (Middle of the Earth). Located just an hour and a half out of Quito on a series of bus's or a 30 minute taxi ride north of Quito is Mitad Del Mundo.
One of the many day trip's I did while staying in Quito Ecuador was visiting the early morning Animal and town markets in the small of Otavalo, located just 2 hours north of Quito. The early morning Otavalo Animal Markets With the animal market's starting at 6am on a Saturday morning and finishing at 10am
So as people who have been following this blog for a while will know at the end of last year I started my Latin American Adventure where I solo backpacked through over 11 countries.While each place I visited had something about it that made it great, there are always those places that just stand out from
As many of you have followed my journey you will know that I didn't get much of a chance to document the last part of my trip through Latin America between January and March. I thought that it would be a real shame to have left so many amazing stories untold. So over the next
So it's been just over 3 weeks since I finished my epic 4.5 month solo backpacking trip of Latin America and returned back to my home country Australia. Hello Australian Beaches I've missed you haha I knew it wasn't going to be an easy transition going from the care free lifestyle of a backpacker
As I write this post It has been 144 days since I left on my journey across Latin America and over 182 days since I left my job to sell all of my belongings in Montreal and prepare to embark on this adventure of self discovery. Flying from Montreal to start my Latin American
After my Epic sea journey from Panama City to Cartagena through the San Blas islands I got my first taste of South America in the port town of Colombia Cartagena. Cartagena from the sea Unfortunately as I arrived at the start of January during a giant electronic music festival and had not booked
