Back roads.
May
10
2012
After 52 years of service, the current International Airport of Quito, Mariscal Sucre [IATA airport code: UIO], switches off its lights and closes permanently on October 11, 2012. The original airport was built in 1960 on 126 hectares of land, located in the north of Quito. Due to its location in the middle of a …
Apr
26
2012
Mar
02
2012
A fairly popular dessert in Ecuador ….
Feb
24
2012
Tree tomato (or tomate de árbol as it is known locally) is actually a member of the potato family, despite growing on trees up to 5 metres high. The fruits are a little larger than a hen’s egg, starting off green and ripening to a deep red or yellow. They are usually peeled and liquidized with sugar …
Dec
30
2011
If you don’t pay attention, your Happy New Year’s message will have a totally different ring to it! Please ignore this if you are sending your “Happy New Anus Year” greeting to someone that has recently had some plastic surgery on done to their derriere! Happy New Anus Year!
Dec
28
2011
Ecuador is not only home to the world’s highest active volcano (Cotopaxi), but to numerous other active and extinct volcanoes. In fact, Ecuador has one of the world’s highest densities of volcanoes in one given country. There are 30 volcanoes on mainland Ecuador and some 14 in the Galapagos Islands. LATEST NEWS AT BOTTOM Note: …
Dec
07
2011
After a decade of living back here in Ecuador, I thought it high time to publish traffic lights (translated from Ecuadorian Spanish into English).
Nov
07
2011
In the event of an apocalyptic flood, you might want to consider the following relevant facts regarding Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador. While the summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on the Earth above sea level, the summit of Chimborazo is the farthest place on the surface of the Earth from its exact center, a distance of 3,968 miles …
Oct
24
2011
When most people think of the word ‘Colada’, they are prone to associate it with Pina Colada. The Ecuadorian culinary tradition of Colada Morada y Guaguas de Pan dates hundreds of years ago; and it is almost impossible to know its exact origin. Colada signifies ‘strained’ and morada meaning ‘purple’. But without a doubt it …
