Ecuador was planned as a continuation of the more "outdoors-y" portion of this South America holiday. As part of our visit, we focused on Quito (and surrounding sights) and Banos, with the full intention of coming back to visit the rest of the country another time! Quito Quito is a very large city, spanning ~60km …
Colombia: The Cities
This series is a bit (i.e. seriously) delayed... oops. My introduction to Colombia (and South America, for that matter) was a week or so spent across three of Colombia's cities--Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota--each of which had an entirely different vibe, making it fascinating and interesting to transition from one to the next. Cartagena Our journey …
A Week in Bonaire
This isn't actually a recent visit, but this place holds a special place in my heart and so I wanted to share it. I didn't know much about Bonaire (or even that it existed) before we visited; we had intended to go to the Caribbean for a relaxing break and only stumbled across the country …