Category: El Gato Maldito
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Day 33: Mancora
Thursday 7.7.2016 We couldn’t leave Guayaquil quickly enough. We were on the bus by 7:00 am and had bunkered down for a long trip to Mancora with a potentially difficult border crossing in Tumbes, on the border of Ecuador and Peru. It’s hard to describe how excited we were for this part of our trip.…
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Day 35: Mancora
Saturday 9.7.2016 I’m still pretty behind on my writing. The goal is to catch up by the time we leave Cusco, which is…. Well, chronologically, challenging. Our last day in Mancora was work-focused. Molly and I are also applying for places to live in Tampa, so our third roommate (and personal guardian angel) Cameron sent…
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Day 32: Guayaquil
Wednesday 6.7.2016 I love working in the Study Abroad office because we get to talk to students about traveling. Traveling is one of those things that possesses people; when talking to first time travelers, very much like myself last summer, I would always try to tell them about the parts of being abroad that are…
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Day 31: Quito
Tuesday 5.7.2016 Our final full day in Quito was packed. Ingrid and Peter joined us from the outset, and we agreed to go on a lengthy three hour walking tour of Quito’s Old Town to start the day. The couple, whom we had dinner with the night before after a trip to the Guayasamin museum…
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Day 30: Quito
Monday 4.7.2016 I’m in Lima now, finally getting over a cold that has not made the past few days very enjoyable. Time to play catch up. Quito is a funny city. At 2 million people, it is a small metropolis situated in the shadow of a volcano with a historical penchant for destruction. Earthquakes plague…
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