So the topics around the dinner table revolved around two topics: religion(Catholicism) and food(rodent)…I am adventuresome when it comes to travel, but rather on the strait and narrow when sampling local cuisine. But for those traveling in the Andean regions of Ecuador such as Banos, Cuenca and Otavalo, you will eventually see one of those oversized rats being skinned, butterfly split and skewered, roasting in the open air markets. I am referring to the Cuy(a Quechua word, pronounced Kwee)
I have never been much of an active-adventure traveler. I don’t feel the need to wear myself thin everyday having to take in every market stall, temple, mountain and lake to feel that I’ve made the most of my time on this planet and die a happy man without regrets. I am a surfer and have spent many of the last years seeking out waves in place widespread and exotic from Morocco to Mexico, Indonesia to Ipanema, San Diego to Sri Lanka. And when I arrive I usually plunk my bags down for months at a time and only concern myself with the patch 200m in front of my face. I have been accused of sloth, and while Read more
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