Welcome! Where we are and what we are doing...

3 weeks ago we landed in Ecuador, not knowing what we were getting into.  We had tickets to Panama 11 days after we landed, but we couldn't see ourselves leaving, so we didn't!  We stayed.  We are exploring Ecuador for the next 6 months (as per Visa's).  Researching farms, farmers, land, growing season, water supply, climate concerns, etc.  Where will our future farm be?  Who are we post-grad school?  What will we do from here?

We have been loving Ecuador, it's lush lands, plentiful foods, and kind people.  From the coast to to the amazon, Ecuador changes greatly between.  We have based ourselves in Cuenca in a apartment that overlooks the Catedral Neuva... or the big church with blue domes.  It has been wonderful being in Cuenca for 2 weeks now.  High up in the Andes, where rolling hills of green surround you, and rivers roll through the city center.

We have walked to (little) Banos, hiked through Cajas, walked all over Cuenca itself, finding and discovering something new every day.  Looked at gardens, met people, got an apartment (best place is in the local newspaper... not online English advertisements).

At Cajas National Parque, walking around the lake by the Refugio.

(Llama in the background)

At the Pumamungo grounds, their garden, birds eye view

In Cuenca

Just a sample of the vegetables you find at the huge daily farmers markets (Mercados)

Cuenca.

View from our apartment.

Walking the garden at the Pumapungo gardens.