After spending 10 weeks on the farm we can now tell how the farm life is: always different! There is always something strange happening (a cow that dies, a pressure cooker that’s exploding, no more water, too much water) or something that needs to be repaired (a leaking roof, a fence, irrigation channel). And the … More Farm life
Sounds a bit strange that there are photo’s of killing a bull in the wedding topic. But that’s the most important preparation: kill the bull so you can feed all the guests. So that’s what we did. The wedding was amazing and everyone was happy and danced until early hours. O and the most special … More An Ecuadorian wedding
With another great Dutch couple we climbed the mountain in our backyard, with an ascent of more than 1200 m. We found ourselves, but also amazing views, Inca ruïns, water and mushrooms to eat.
Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, with his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride Hand held loosely at his side Yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news So how can you tell me you’re lonely, And say for you that the sun don’t shine? Let … More The streets of Cuenca
It´s nice to spent the weekend away from the farm for some new experiences. We´ve spent one weekend in Podocarpus National Park. It was very remote, pretty and beautiful. Camping in the wild, preparing dinner on a wood fire and showering under a 30 meter high waterfall; it´s great to be so close with nature.
We are working on a micro hydropower plant. In the first weeks we were focusing on making the foundations for the penstock (a tube where the water runs through). But that´s not as easy as it looks like. Here you really realize where your materials are coming from. For example the sand needs to be … More Let the water run
The Andean mountains are beautiful. They all have different colors varying from dark brown to yellow, red and green. At some places the view is so magnificent that you can see the different mountain ridges behind each other. It makes you feel small.
Wondering Nomads 