Carriacou
Day 284-285 – Hillsborough, Carriacou, Grenada On the advice of my aunt, I had booked a night on Carriacou island, the second island of Grenada (the third is called Petit Martinique). When I called to confirmed my booking, I saw that not only it hadn’t been confirmed, but when I had enquired originally I had…
Grenada
Day 281 – La Sagesse, Grenada After an unadventurous arrival last night, picked up at the airport by my aunt and my uncle, I met this morning their other guests. They had planned an outing and had included me in it, which was a very kind thing to do! We went to Grenville to pick…
Carnival
Day 279 – Port of Spain, Trinidad For this day -finally, the costumes!-, friends whose house is on the path of several bands -groups of revellers sharing a costume theme and having their own logistic train- opened it to those who wanted to watch them pass. We brought a cooler full of ice and drinks,…
Children’s Carnival and Panorama
Day 276 – Port of Spain, Trinidad Saturday was the day for the children’s Carnival, and at night Panorama: the Steelband contest’s finals. Both events -and many other- happen on the Savannah, officially Queen’s Park Savannah, but everybody shortens it to the Savannah. (Streets around the park are one way, but for the Carnival, they…
Barbados
Day 273-274 – Dover Beach, Barbados I’ll condense both days as I didn’t do much. I caught up on quite some sleep. I went the first day to the beach, which was a 5-min walk away. The second day, I went to Bridgetown explore the old town. I took a shared mini-van, 2 dollars (1…
Quilotoa Lake day tour
Day 270 – Quito, Ecuador That was my second organized tour, with the same company, and guess what? I had the same guide. So strangely enough, I knew all about the introduction part about the country and the highway. Yeah! \o/ We stopped first in a fresh-food market, where I loaded up on fresh produces.…
Otavalo market day tour
Day 269 – Quito, Ecuador (I’m late in my writings, so I’ll be quick for the next days’ accounts.) For this day tour, I had a meeting point a few minutes’ walk away from my hostel at the too-early hour of 7. Our guide, Patricio, talked about the country, the highway we were following -apparently…
National Museum of Ecuador
Day 268 – Quito, Ecuador I planned some day tours with my hostel, so the only days left to visit the National Museum -and its Pre-Columbian art- was either today or next Monday… and the museum closes on Mondays. Of course there was an artisan market on the way, so I made an unscheduled stop…
City Museum and Monastery of San Francisco
Day 267 – Quito, Ecuador I started the day with a visit of the City Museum. Not because I wanted to see the dioramas without any English translation, but because it is in a former hospital and I wanted to see the building. I did learn a bit about the history of Quito, but not…
Churches in Quito
Day 264 – Quito, Ecuador I started my stay in Quito in the historical centre. Colonial buildings, churches everywhere… I’ve been walking quite a few streets. But at some point it was time to start visiting the inside of buildings. I started with two churches, the most interesting of which I couldn’t take pictures of.…