January 29th Torrents aka “don’s group” Darcy leading Caitlin, Paulina and Mauricio through “just a typical rapid” on the Rio Oyacachi People on our trips often ask questions about the areas we boat in such as, what do the people do for a living here? Who built the roads? Are these Indigenous or […]
(I love this shot of Stuart on the Oyacachi with the water captured as it’s pouring out of his helmet and off his paddle–that’s some serious immersion! Stuart was also digging the full immersion into the Ecuadorian Karaoke scene. He really brought some new energy into the Karaoke bar in Tena last week!) So, on […]
Each year, hundreds of kayakers come to Ecuador to explore it’s many rivers for themselves. Many of Ecuador’s rivers are known, published in our guidebook, on the web, etc…but many are yet to be explored, and kayakers are still doing 1st descents here. A recent conversation about this made Larry think back to the history […]
A TRIBUTE TO LARRY VERMEEREN–FOUNDER OF SMALL WORLD ADVENTURES–AND SOMEONE WHO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN SHAPING KAYAKING IN ECUADOR AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. Don’t worry, he is still alive and well, but I thought, what the hell, why not immortalize the living? So, sorry to get all sentimental here, but I thought it […]
This blog is dedicated to Larry V. for being such a bad ass! He has been kayaking and working in Ecuador for the past 15 years and is still getting after it as hard as anyone (in fact, I’d say he’s getting after it harder than anyone). Larry decided he wanted to paddle a lot […]
