Our last couple of days in Ecuador we spent in Cuenca. Unfortunately, while I was starting to feel a bit better, Simen started to feel unwell… Because of this we mainly spent time in Cuenca and only did one day trip: to Cajas National Park. Short visit to Cuenca Cuenca is the capital of the …
This guest blog was written by Polly, a full-time blogger who loves traveling, yoga and meditation. Who does not love a nice, relaxing vacation but majority of us usually feel stressed after going on vacation. Have you ever heard the term “I need a vacation from my vacation”. So if that sounds like you why …
After 4 days in Quito, we decided it was time to go to Cotopaxi National Park. We got picked up by the Wanderbus at 6 AM to travel towards Cotopaxi. About 2.5 hours after we left, we finally arrived at the national park. We were unfortunately very unlucky with the weather, because it was extremely …
On 17th of August we left warm and tropical Cuba behind to make our way to cold and mountainous Ecuador. The capital city, Quito, is located at 2800 metres altitude, which meant we went from 35+ degrees to about 20 in only 1 day. Mercado Artesanal We both weren’t prepared for these colder temperatures, so …
Trying to summarise 2 weeks of travelling in 1 blog post is a bit difficult, so here comes part 2! Read part 1 of our trip to Cuba here. Colourful and cosy Trinidad From the minute we entered Trinidad city centre we both fell in love. Its cobble-stoned streets (which are car free!) and colourful houses give it …
On Friday 03/08 we flew from Cancun to Havana. The trip leading up to the flight was, once again, quite eventful. How we almost missed our flight… The day before leaving Mexico we had arranged a taxi to pick us up at 6 AM sharp from our hostel. All goes well until we want to …
The last week we’ve been staying in the area of Playa del Carmen. First we went to the island of Cozumel, about 40 min away by ferry from of Playa. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to do that much because there’s been a spell of bad weather for the last couple of days. We knew it …
On Wednesday we made our way over to Pisté, where we spent the night before getting up early to visit Chichen Itza. We made sure we were at the entrance of the park by 8 AM to beat the crowds and the (annoying) vendors. Luckily, our strategy worked because for about 2 hours we had …