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Cajamarca had some interesting sites, one of them was the Ventanillas de Otuzco. The town center was nice with many colonial buildings...

Entering Peru from Ecuador at Alamor was an easy experience except the buying of the mandatory insurance policy we needed for the car. ...

The last leg south took us a few days to complete, and we stayed in several places. The route took us to Cuenca, Loja, Pindal, and on to...

Legend has it that the name Guayaquil came from two indigenous people, Guayas and his wife Quil, who were symbols of the resistance...

The next part of our Ecuador adventure took us from Quito to Esmeraldas, and from there along the coast south, driving the Ruta del Sol,...

The equator, of course! Quito is a huge city, and the point Lat 0° 0' 0" sits within the city boundaries, although from our hotel we had...

What a very special adventure to have an opportunity go to Galápagos! It is an unforgettable experience, and we have so many memories...

It was exciting to enter Ecuador, finally a new country to experience. The border crossing was slow but organised and it took a couple...

From Cali we only had one stretch left south, driving to Ipiales which is the last place on the Colombian side of the Rumichaca bridge. ...

The last of the big cities was Cali. We wanted to see it, even if there were many comments about the general safety of Colombia. ...