The border between Ecuador and Peru caught us a little off guard, or should I say, didn’t catch us at all. We were driving along on the deserted highway at 60mph and without warning came to a long, newly built bridge spanning a dry river bed. In the middle of the bridge there was a [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
The Devil’s Nose
El Nariz del Diablo, or the Devil’s Nose, is a world famous stretch of train track running south from Ecuador’s high central mountains to the lower fertile coastal plains. What makes the Nariz del Diablo so impressive is the fact that the track has to descend an incredibly steep mountain slope, which normally would be [...]
The Center of the World
As we rolled down the smooth highway towards Quito, Kacey anxiously watched the readings on our GPS. 00.104, 00.062, 00.023, 00.008, 00.002… Ok, Stop! I stopped the truck on the shoulder of a rather non-descript 2-lane country road, and looked at the glowing display in Kacey’s hand:
Longitude: 00° 00.000’ North
Latitude: 78° 10.524’ West
It was [...]
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