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Unpacking Six Moon Design’s All Day Carry Travel Backpack
Today, I'm writing about the recently released weekend trip travel backpack - the All Day Carry (ADC) Travel Backpack. I took it with me for a long weekend trip to San Francisco and fell in love. As our avid readers know, we only recommend products we enjoy ourselves....
Gateway to Ecuador: Quito
Welcome to the two part series, Gateway to Ecuador. With two major airports that accept international flights, there are ample opportunities to use each gateway city as a base for exploration of the Ecuadorian mainland. Fly into Quito Quito makes the perfect entry...
Puerta de entrada a Ecuador: Quito
Bienvenido a la serie de dos partes, Gateway to Ecuador. Con dos aeropuertos principales que aceptan vuelos internacionales, hay amplias oportunidades para utilizar cada ciudad de entrada como base para la exploración del continente ecuatoriano. Vuela a Quito Quito es...
We Signed the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism
"The Glasgow Declaration is a catalyst for increased urgency about the need to accelerate climate action in tourism and to secure strong actions and commitment to cut tourism emissions in half over the next decade and reach Net Zero emissions as soon as possible...
Ecuador Nature Guides Available in Quito and Beyond!
This is a guest post by author and biologist Fernanda Salazar Vaca. She sells handy field guides for Ecuadorian birds, plants, and animals and makes delivery easy to your hotel or home in Quito. She can also send books to many international addresses upon request....
The Festival of the Virgin de Candelaria in Puno, Peru
Guest author and regenerative tourism professional, Patricia Deva, writes about The Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria and its relationship with Carnival and indigenous dances held every February in Puno, Peru. The first period of the history of the Altiplano of...
World Book Day From Ecuador
2020 was a special year for everyone, but without a doubt the opportunity to dream and create, to meet objectives with a social, environmental and sensitive purpose, as a contribution to humanity. Oswaldo, Tsunki, Katherine and Solange, decided to undertake research...
Visiting The Wise Father – Yaya Imbabura
"Life gives you surprises, surprises give you life" says an old song by Rubén Blades echoing precisely what I felt during my visit to the colossus YAYA IMBABURA (yaya = father in Kichwa of northern Ecuador). Join me on a small imaginary trip to the "Province of the...
Christmas Bird Count – El Chaco and Quijos
In Ecuador, the Christmas Bird Count is held every year with a total of 21 established official routes. However, in 2020, an unusual year because of the global pandemic, new destinations have been added as preliminary editions. This includes the Quijos Valley where...
A Personal and Professional Update
It's been a while since we've shared an update about our business. That's due, in part, to the complicated nature of our time. Rerouted to this page? If you found yourself re-routed to this article, it will have to do with pages we have had to remove from our website....