Nicole's Adventures

The start of Ecaudor was quick. The morning after I arrived I did a free walking tour of old town and historic center of quito! That was really helpful to learn all the information and know where you are headed. He also talked a lot about the fruits and food of Ecuador.. It seems somewhat similar however some things slightly different. A few of the fruits have different names. After the walking tour I checked out one of the cathedrals with two guys I met on the walking tour. The hostel I stayed at in Quito was pretty unique. Pretty small and cheap and just run by one lady, her sister and mother who had kind of adopted this crazy indian guy who spoke no english and spanish and sits around and watches youtube clips of some sort of sport mixed with fighting and cricket? No one had any idea what it was! Some of the guys staaying there from argentina decided to organize a new years dinner. The following day we headedto the market to shop for that.. Originally it was about 10 of us then we...

Hola Amigos! Ahhhh I had soo much on my heart and mind to write about Colombia but as always when traveling sometimes you value the moments on your trip more than writing them down.. which in many cases I sort of regret because that means sometimes you forgot some of the amazing details or things that made you laugh. Playa Blanca, is incredible.. and what a fun little journey on a motobike to arrive there, sleep in a hammock for 5 dollars a night. Elena and I, one of the couch surfing girls and I brought all our own food because we heard the meals there were a bit expensive. There was not a kitchen but we just had tuna sandwiches stuffed with veggies and cheese, (cheese isnt refrigerated here) and fruits for breakfast. We made friends with the kiddos of where our hammocks were and enjoyed chatting with them and trying (for me) to dance salsa. The water was an utterly perfect light blue and white sand.  The next day I headed into the city to do a mud volcano tour which was al...