We're Austin, Dennisse and Mateo. Dennisse grew up in Ecuador. Austin grew up in Pennsylvania and spent years building businesses in Wilkes-Barre. When Mateo was born, we decided he should grow up close to his Ecuadorian family, speaking two languages, with volcanoes and the Pacific in his backyard.
This site is our record of that move and everything after it. Not a polished travel guide. Just our family, figuring it out, one story at a time.
Read our full story →Five ongoing stories
Everything we publish fits into one of these.
Relocating as a family
Chapter by chapter, from deciding to go to our first year at latitude zero.
Explore → TOP 20Our Ecuador bucket list
Twenty places across four regions, each one visited and written up.
Explore → FAMILY TRAVELTraveling with a baby
Mateo's firsts and what traveling Ecuador with a little one is really like.
Explore → HER ECUADORDennisse's Ecuador
The country through the eyes of the one of us who grew up there.
Explore → COFFEE & CACAOFrom farm to cup
A coffeehouse owner goes to the source of Ecuador's coffee and chocolate.
Explore → SOUTH AMERICABeyond Ecuador
Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina, one country at a time.
Explore →The best ways to keep up
Daily moments will go on Instagram and TikTok and the weekly vlog on YouTube, starting with the move. Every new chapter lands in the newsletter.
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