Month: November 2025

Crossing to Ecuador

August 28 – 29, 2024. “Estoy borracho,” said the Ecuadorian man. If he had said, “Soy borracho,” we might have thought Borracho was his name. But no. He meant that he was inebriated. To put any doubts to rest, he…

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Leaving Colombia, Cali, Pasto, & Ipiales

August 19 – 28, 2024. Getting to the church was easy enough. We just ordered a taxi through Uber and had it take us to the teleférico (gondola). We rode the teleférico into the canyon where Santuario de Nuestra Señora…

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October 2025 Update and Van Build Expenses

We began the month in Hillsborough in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. There, we were house-sitting with a dog named Rakwa. We spent a lot of time working on the van, but also managed to get out a…

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