We decided to go camping at a small gorge in town we found a few years ago. Living in Cotacachi gives us the opportunity to discover places that as a tourist can be hard to find. This one is only a 40 min walk from the hostel with great views and landscapes of the valley…
It’s literally been over a year since we’ve camped. So we decided that it was about time, especially since we had been in lock down in our town for over 3 months. COVID-19 was not going to keep us inside forever and our friends Erica and Alex had invited us to join them from months…
This past month has been a reminder about why the idea of opening up a hostel even occurred to us. Both of us have had our share of travelling stories as we have both travelled independently, with family or friends, winging it, or following a tightly timed schedule or staying at a resort, all of…
We finally have hot water flowing through our Calefon So halfway through September and we’ve finally got our calefon, which means hot water in the hostal!! This has been a long time coming. Getting the calefon came with a bunch of drama. I wish this was new drama, but actually it’s the same old. Crew…
Kill-a-toe-ah So we finally took more than a lunch break kind of break, escape reality, and decided to make the trek south for some much needed camping at the Quilotoa caldera. cal·de·rakalˈderə,kôlˈderə,kalˈdirə noun a large volcanic crater, typically one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano. Quilotoa…
World Cup Fire Drill Fishing Excursion The tournament of Stop Drop and Roll is finally over! So we’ve been catching the games online, and it’s been…. hard to stay focused on anything else. It’s been exciting. Some serious craziness and unexpected excitement and disappointment. Especially watching countries like Croatia and Belgium take all the big…
The hostel building is nearly done, but we delayed proceeding because we decided to finish up the brewery so we didn’t have construction while we had guests. So this is basically construction phase 2. Slowly but surely we’re getting everything into place. It’s nice to see it however slowly. Being our own project managers We…
We’ve been here for over a year now!! It’s hard to believe it’s already been over one year since we’ve been here. Last year around this time we were finally getting our container delivered to our house. Which meant finally getting a fridge and other things we took for granted after living without them for…
Christmas involved weeks of street parades, firecrackers, and rain. On Christmas eve there was a pretty impressive towercastlethingy made entirely of flammable rope, bamboo and what we thought were strings of Christmas lights. All of it connected to various points of fireworks that was lit by a dude’s cigarette, exploding out, creating unique shapes or…
Construction is over, but not really The majority of the main building is done as well as the basement. Now we just have to get the stairs, windows, doors and glass in and the structure is complete. We’ve added a higher wall separating our property from next door. The stairs to the second floor are…