Tipsy Cat and Chocolate go paw-in-paw, so when she heard that we could stay at a chocolate plantation, she jumped at the chance.  The hacienda was run by an American couple, who offer fine dining experiences and welcome guests with suavva – cocoa pulp juice with rum – and traditional patacón – banana fritters, named after ancient Spanish money (and …

If you’re going to go to the centre of the world, you might as well go to three, and lo and behold, Ecuador can offer you just that. There’s Catequilla – located on the equatorial line and which translates as ‘follower of the moon’.  Used in pre-Inca times – it indicates the great knowledge these people had about astronomy – …