A Camping Trip To Remember Pt. 1
Crunching across the thick morning frost at 5am, staring intently at The Southern Cross beside the glowing Volcán Cotopaxi, I realize this is one of the most friendly, beautiful, peaceful and genuine places I’ve...
Author: Dan Grec
Relief Packages
Almost all of my outdoor gear is getting long in the tooth, and has been in desperate need of repair for quite a while now. I knew things were getting ridiculous when a roll...
Jeep Stuff Again
I’ve getting really close to 40,000kms for the adventure and have been thinking about doing a few things more than ‘regular’ maintenance for a while now. After hunting around I eventually find the correct...
Festival Time
Every year around this time the little town of Machachi comes to life with a huge festival, centered around a horse parade and bullfighting. The locals have been talking about it for weeks, so...
Heath Care in a “Third World Country”
A foreigner here in Ecuador recently had a fall and needed medical attention, the story of which makes me smile. My Ecuadorian friends couldn’t understand why I was asking how much emergency care might...
Future Plans
I don’t often write about my future plans, though right now there are a couple of things on the horizon that I’m too excited about to keep to myself: I’m currently training to run...
