And we are off! Our British Airways flight departs Vancouver at 9:00pm and we begin our Camino. As with all international flights, the journey is long and tiring however time seemed to pass very quickly. Ruth, Helen and I had only 30 minutes to manoeuvre our connection through the maze […]
June 21, 2015 Update on Relief for Nepal I would like to extend a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to the following people who have also contributed to help Bikesh and his Village of Nawalpur! We have sent a second donation in the amount of $1050! Darlene Hilden Hugh & Jean Hamilton Adah […]
May 19, 2015 I would like to thank everyone for your generosity supporting the various agencies and people of Nepal. Helping others creates a great kinship among us. Rajan Sakya from the Kathmandu Guest House (my favourite place to stay when there) sent the following in an email to me: […]
May 4, 2015 – the devastation in the small village of Nawalpur For those of us that have been to Nepal, and have had the privilege to meet the Nepali people, they have captured our hearts with their gentle, honest & humbling nature. Trekking & climbing tourism is one of the […]
[slideshow] Precisely on time (amazing considering the traffic in to Lima) we arrived at the Excluciva depot in Lima. We jumped into a private taxi endorsed from Excluciva and made our way to the 3B Barranco Bed & Breakfast. What a lovely little place. It is very chic, ultra modern […]
[slideshow] Boo hoo, our last beach day. Following breakfast we pack up and head to the beach to soak up the morning sun until we have to check out at noon. Our bus doesn’t leave until 6:00pm however we decided to leave the hotel and store our bags at the […]
[slideshow] Another beautiful sunny day in this little paradise. Following breakfast we decide to head back into town via Mototaxi. In the taxi we took a “Facey” – Fero’s word for Selfie! Ha ha. In town we picked up a few things and then perused the shops for souvenirs. […]
[slideshow] What a beautiful morning we awake to. The sun is shinning, not a cloud in the sky and the beautiful beach of Mancora is right outside our window! We don’t waste any time heading downstairs for breakfast and the make a b-line to the beach. We walk for a […]
Basically two travel days so not as much excitement to report. We checked out of the Reina Isabel hotel in Quito and wandered the streets for a couple of hours before taking our taxi to the airport. The Quito international airport is 40km away from the city which can take […]
[slideshow] Amazingly I slept in until 8:00am – I must have been tired! Our plans for today are to take the Teleferico (the highest cable car in the world) up to the Pichincha Volcano. Our taxi dropped us off at the entrance and we could already feel the difference […]
