South America Archives - Casual Travelist Travel and food, with a dash of adventure Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:45:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://casualtravelist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/favicon.png South America Archives - Casual Travelist 32 32 The Day I Climbed a 14,000 foot Volcano in Ecuador and Didn’t Die https://casualtravelist.com/volcano-hiking-ecuador/ https://casualtravelist.com/volcano-hiking-ecuador/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2016 01:33:46 +0000 http://casualtravelist.com/blog/?p=4388 Our day started out simply enough, enjoying a cup of coffee while watching llamas graze on the grounds of our 16th century hacienda in the Ecuadorian highlands. Originally we had planned to hike around the base of Cotopaxi, the snow-capped active volcano south of Quito as popular with day trippers as it is with hardcore
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]]> https://casualtravelist.com/volcano-hiking-ecuador/feed/ 34 Mashpi Lodge-Luxury in Ecuador’s Cloud Forest https://casualtravelist.com/mashpi-lodge-ecuador-review/ https://casualtravelist.com/mashpi-lodge-ecuador-review/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:57:34 +0000 http://casualtravelist.com/blog/?p=4392 Winding bumpy roads snake their way through Ecuador’s chain of  Andean volcanoes. Three hours in the van watching city turn into farmland and eventually something more remote we arrived at our destination. Greeted by a large Jurassic Park style wooden gate, the doors opened and we began our descent into one of the most wild
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]]> https://casualtravelist.com/mashpi-lodge-ecuador-review/feed/ 38 Exploring Ecuador’s Capital-Why Quito left me Breathless https://casualtravelist.com/quito-travel-ecuador/ https://casualtravelist.com/quito-travel-ecuador/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 01:02:32 +0000 http://casualtravelist.com/blog/?p=4190 Walking past grafitti covered walls coughing on fumes from rush hour traffic I pass a woman pushing a cart of lychees down the narrow sidewalk. She’s wearing a brightly colored skirt with a shawl draped around her shoulders and bowler hat, typical of the indigenous Andean culture. I, standing at 5’5, tower over her and
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]]> https://casualtravelist.com/quito-travel-ecuador/feed/ 34 After the Earthquakes-Why you Should Travel to Ecuador Right Now. https://casualtravelist.com/ecuador-travel-earthquake/ https://casualtravelist.com/ecuador-travel-earthquake/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:18:45 +0000 http://casualtravelist.com/blog/?p=4153 As you may already know the evening of April 16 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Ecuador with over 135 aftershocks in the following days. Coastal cities of Manta, Guyaquil, Pedernales and many smaller communities were devastated with over 500 confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured. I was in Quito the day of
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