A Day Hike with Food & Drink 🍺

An international companion for hidden gems

• 🥾 = hiking
• 🚶‍♂️ = walking
• 🍺 = drink
• 🍽 = food

• 🛏 = accomodation

• Don't forget to bring hot sauce to restaurants. You just never know!

Ecuador

Cuenca

🥾

• Pumapungo Museum

  • Great musuem.
  • Sometimes the grounds are open and can be accessed from the museum. However, if they are closed you can walk down to the Tomebamba and still visit the bird santuary.

• Botantical Gardens

  • At 8:AM you'll be one of the few walking around here. And you can probably get away with entering before the security guard shows up.

• Ingapirca

  • There is a tour that starts every hour or so to view the largest Incan site in Ecuador
  • 1.5 hour car ride from Cuenca but worth doing more than anything in Cuenca.
  • Hire a driver (SUV, vans, cars)
  • There is also a trail off the road that can be walked. There are some lush landscapes and not many tourists venture back there.
  • Choclo with Queso, Melcocha, and View at Inti Pakari.

🍽

• Rey's Kitchen

  • Requires reservation in advance (but possible short notice)
  • Restaurant in a beautiful home prepared by Cambodian chef immigrant.
  • Red Curry - Not on menu. A special request.
  • Duck
  • Flour less chocolate torte with ice cream

• El Mercado

  • Make a reservation. There are two tables by the windows.
  • Pulpo
  • Salmon
  • Inside, View of Tomebamba river

🍺

• Jodoco (Belgian brewery)
  • Best brewery in Ecuador
  • Located in Parque San Sebastián (tell your taxi driver this)
  • Also import a large amount of Belgian beer
  • French Fries
  • Curry Chicken Sandwich
  • Chicken cooked in beer
  • Waffles
  • Beer
  • Smurfentaart
  • Inside, Patio, Church (next door)

🛍

• All Things Alpaca
  • 100% alpaca clothing

Guayaquil

🛏

• Airbnb in Bosques de la Costa
  • A bit far from the city but good security

🍽

• Embarcadero 41

  • Peruvian
  • Pulpo
  • Veal Shanks
  • Passion Fruit Cheesecake
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Suspiro Limeño
  • Pisco Sour
  • Algarrobina
  • View from patio

• Bolon City

  • Fast food but with plantain
  • Guayaco
  • Queso

• Casa Manaba

  • Corviche
  • Tequenos
  • Pulpo Ceviche

• El Faro Pincantería-Marisquería (Puerto Azul urbanization)

  • Restaurant in a home that is located inside a gated community
  • Only open on Sat/Sun
  • In the heat of the day you can find iguanas roaming around Puerto Azul. Take a walk.
  • Ceviche
  • View of estuary

🍺

• Best light beer is Club.
• Cherusker
• Odisea
  • Good security
  • View of the river via patio
  • You need a reservation
  • beer, pizza, keg urinal

La Pinta Cruise (Galapagos, EC)

• Ship

  • Outside
  • Dining Area

• Genovesa Island

  • Swallow-tailed Gull
  • Nazca Booby
  • Frigate bird

• Bartolomé Island

  • Pinnacle Rock
    • Cruise took us snorkeling here. We got to explore independently.

• Snorkeling

  • Sea Lion
  • High five!

• Kayaking

Santa Cruz (Galapagos, EC)

• Santa Cruz Brewing Company
  • Nice view of the ships
  • They brought out a sampler first!
  • When we visited they had an 8% ABV on the menu.

Isabela (Galapagos, EC)

🥾

• Sierra Negra Volcano
  • Guide required, 6-7 hours
  • We were here during Covid and there were two other people on our hike. But they do take very large groups here as well. Something to keep in mind if you don't like hanging with tourists.
• There's a trail that starts next to Iguana Crossings. Once that ends there is a Tortuga sanctuary. You can probably poke around for a few minutes before they kick you out. They recently changed it so it requires a guide -- it's unnecessary -- but raises revenues.
• After that you can join the road and continue your run. Pretty nice blacktop road with a view.
• Walking around town you can see these guys. And these guys.
• The beach is beautiful.
• Snorkeling
  • Tortuga
• Ferries
  • Stowaways
  • Ferries can be a little rocky in the open Pacific. They are speedboats.
• Local wildlife
  • Sea Lions
  • Brown Pelican

🍽

• Endemic Turtle
  • Cute sign and quiet ambiance down a side-street. Nothing better than to spend the end of a long day here.
  • Great tacos and plates.

Mexico

Merida, MX

🛏

• Airbnb
  • Pool, Living area, Kitchen, Couch, Sunset, Hammock, Bed.
  • Washer/Dryer combo
  • Fiber optic connection
  • Reverse osmosis that mostly works
  • Fancy fridgerator (both washer/dryer and fridge have wifi if you need it lol)

🍽

• Micaela

  • Gorditas
  • Squid
  • End of Meal Desserts

• Oliva Enoteca

  • Lamb chops (ordered this twice in the same visit)

• Casa Chica

  • View from the inside

🥾

• Run on Paseo Montejo in the morning. 5:AM is a good time before the sun comes up. It's really humid. Bring water.

USA

Escalante, UT

🛏

• Escalante Escapes
  • Luxury tiny houses
  • view, living room, bedroom, kitchen

🥾

• Golden Cathedral trail
  • Four wheel drive with high clearance required. You should be able to rent one locally.
  • The cathedral and the view going down
  • GPX

🍽

• Escalante Outfitters
  • Neon

🍺

• This is a remote area without any good beer. Bring your own or be sorry.

Prescott, AZ

🥾

• Spruce Mountain 🌲🌲🌲
  • 9 mile loop out near Groom Creek
• Granite Mountain
  • 8 miles out and back

🍽🍺

• Prescott Brewing Company
• The Raven
• Crossroads Cafe

San Diego, CA

🥾

• For a true desert experience travel out east to Anza Borrego state park. Download GPS routes created by this amazing couple.
• Sin Nombre Slot Loop Canyon
• Rockhouse Canyon South Loop

🍽🍺

• Cocktails at Kindred bar. It's across the street from the Buona. Southpark Brewing is what you might expect.
• Buona Forchetta
  • Sophia
  • Prosciutto

Seattle, WA

• Amazing Thai
  • Mains
  • No pic policy
• Naan -N- Curry (Renton, WA) - Do not visit the other location.
• Laem buri
  • Pic
    

Snoqualmie, WA

🚶‍♂️

• Snoqualmie Falls
  • Spend an hour here after Bare Mountain
  • There's a short mile hike down to the bottom.

🥾

• Bare Mountain
  • The view at the top is enjoyable even on a cloudy day. Bring some snacks and take some breaks to enjoy the views.

🍽🍺

• Gianfranco Ristorante Italiano
  • Reservations

Ottawa,IL

• Amar's Hideaway
  • Peanuts + Rice

Portugal

Faial Island, Azores (Horta)

🛏

• Airbnb
  • Kitchen
  • View of Pico
  • Working outside

🥾

• Capelinhos
  • Western most point of Europe
  • Spend a few hours here early in the day to avoid the crowds
• Caldeira
  • You will need a guide to hike down into the volcano. Use this agency and ask for Jack.
  • No guide required if you only want to walk around the rim
  • About 4-5 hours roundtrip. It can be cold, windy, and rainy. Bring a rain jacket and some gloves.

🍽🍺

• Praya Restaurante
  • Sit upstairs (obviously)
  • View
  • Squid
  • Drink
  • Dessert
  • Walk around outside and see the things. ;)
• Árvore restaurante
  • Buffet
  • Fake sausage has an interesting flavor.
• Padaria Popular
  • Loaves are at the far end of the counter. Very unique flavor.
  • Cinnamon rolls if you get there early.

Pico Island, Azores

🥾

• Pico Mountain
  • Call the center and ask for the weather conditions before you take a ferry or plane to the island.

🍽🍺

• Return to Horta by ferry for dinner
  

Lisbon

- Fado is great but the food is expensive and the service is horrible. Still worth doing.

Netherlands

Leiden, Netherlands

🚶‍♂️

• Rembrandt's old neighborhood
  • An art piece
• Walk to the country side

  - Sheep

🍬

• Check out the licorice selection in the grocery stores. This is your chance to try out licorice with Salmiak at an affordable price.
• Top drops

🍽

• Pizzeria Pinoccio
  • Quattro Formaggi
• Skiko's Dailycatesse
  • Buffalo + Basil
• I Love Sushi
• There aren't any good Thai restaurants here. Sorry.

🍺

• The Beer Store
  • Luxury beers are at the very back left corner of the store.
    • Nerd Brewing Company (Sweden)
      • Pecan
    • Põhjala (Estonia)
    • Trappist Westvleteren
      • $20 but top 3 beers I've ever drank.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

🚶‍♂️

• Katendrecht

🍽

• Deli Bird
  • Service is quite slow, noisy. Best to have it delivered with Thuisbezorgd.
  • Green Curry
  • The view.

Safety

• All hikes require offline maps
• Research the amount of water you will need for a hike
• Bring plenty of snacks

e-mail: adam.t.hallett@[that famous google product].com