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…
Camping in Timbuyacu
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…
Hostel life during a pandemic
It was a Friday March 13th, the last day before our break from construction started, to allow the recently poured roof to dry. We were happy that after 4 weeks of construction we weren’t going to have a crew around for the next while. We’d have the whole place for ourselves. And although we had…
Hermits no more
It was a crazy 2019! We had this blog post drafted last year and never posted it. Better late than never! First Keg event at home So as Roger started ripping apart the mini-fridge for a kegerator, he made space inside for our very first keg. EVER. It was an experimental Saison-like-thing Roger had played…
Beer Love Continues
A few months back we went to Colombia on vacation. We had an amazing time. Hopefully sometime soon we will have a chance to write up a post about that. Here is a sneek into what went down: View this post on Instagram A typical picture of us. We found a tienda in Las Flores…
Why did we want to open a hostel?
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…
2018 in review … a bit late
So last year it was pretty busy, as we were not only still under construction, but Roger started brewing and selling more beer. Malena was also super busy with work and between the two of us, we were not making time for ourselves as individuals or as social beings, and even as a couple. It’s…
The luxury of an en-suite shower.
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…
Mojanda Puppy Dreamin’
So with Quilotoa behind us we decided to test out a new toy: a kids tent we picked up for the dogs! We’ve wanted to take them camping with us for a while but nights are pretty cold and we had no place for Tali and Gandalf to stay out of the wind. So we…
Quilotoa, a camping dream!
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…