Category: Ecuador

If I go to a foreign country, I’d prefer to see foreign stuff. Still, it’s hard to escape American staples, like McDonald’s, no matter where you go. English is also becoming commonplace—understandably so, but something is still lost in the process—and American branding abounds. A major reason I love to travel is to see the…

While staying in the nearby city of Cuenca, I visited Parque Nacional Cajas (Cajas National Park) three separate times. It’s a huge park with many different trails, so there’s something new to see every time you go there. I went in November, which is off-season, but I stayed in Cuenca long enough that I was…