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• Ecuador Day 11: The Equator and Driving the Avenue of Volcanoes
  on Mar 24, 2013
  Chimborazo capturing the clouds We four Travelers were up early, packed up Frodo the truck, and set out toward Quito. Traveler Thirteen drove us up and up winding roads on our way to the main highway. As we gained elevation the cloud forest disa...
• Ecuador Day 10: Cloud Forest, Toucans, and Chocolate
  on Mar 17, 2013
  Green VioletearThis day dawned damp and dreary. We four Travelers ventured into the depths of giant fern ruled forest. Down we went into the Tandayapa Valley, down and farther down. Something moved. Something big. Stalking us. The raucous calls of...
• Ecuador Days 8 & 9: Hiking the Cloud Forest
  on Mar 10, 2013
  Masked Trogon, male, with mealWe four Travelers woke to a rainy and gray morning in the city of Santo Domingo. We headed down the street to a coffee shop for breakfast. We stuffed ourselves with egg sandwiches and pastries. Simple things like going t...
• Ecuador Day 7: Ruta del Sol, Machalilla National Park, and into the Andes (or don't drive in the Andes in the dark and rain)
  on Feb 25, 2013
   Looking north up the coast of Ecuador, Machalilla National ParkThis morning we four Travelers packed up the truck and headed north from Salinas along the Ruta del Sol (Sun's Route), following the coast and skirting the ocean, until turning east...
• Ecuador Day 6: New Years Eve or Burning Dummies on the Beach in Salinas
  on Feb 17, 2013 in fireworks Salinas dummies effigies Ecuador new years
  Thus begins our circumnavigation of a large swathe of Ecuador by diesel pick up truck. But first we had to sacrifice the dummies.New Years on the beach.This morning we four Travelers headed west to Salinas and the beach to celebrate New Years Ecuador...
• Galapagos Day 4: Kicker Rock with Sharks
  on Feb 14, 2013
  Cruising toward Kicker Rock The moon in the clouds This day we were up with the sunrise as we cruised west away from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno to Kicker Rock. Kicker Rock sits off the west coast of San Cristobal Island. It is the remains of an old...
• Galapagos Day 3: Española Island or Walking along Birds, Lizards, and Sea Lions
  on Feb 6, 2013 in Lava San Cristobal galapagos Iguana Lizard Galapagos Hawk Sea Lion Ecuador marine blue-footed booby Small Ground Finch Dove Nazca booby Waved Albatross Española
    Galapagos Sea Lion PupWe sailed east through the night to Española Island, one of the oldest islands in the archipelago. The island is a dormant shield volcano whose cliffs provide ample habitat for some very extraordinary endemic specie...
• Galapagos Day 2: Sea Lion Pups and Swimming with Sea Turtles
  on Feb 2, 2013 in yellow warbler lava heron galapagos green sea turtle sea turtle Ecuador sally lightfoot crab floreana blue footed booby brown noddy swallow tailed gull
   FloreanaWe cruised south through the night. As the sun came up we were approaching the island of Floreana. Floreana covers an area of 67 square miles and some of its volcanic cones, long dormant, reach upwards to 2100 feet. Little did I know, a...
• Galapagos Day 1: Baltra and Santa Cruz Islands
  on Jan 26, 2013 in finch warbler giant tortoise galapagos baltra finches santa cruz darwin ani
  Birds sighted: Great Frigatebirds, Magnificent Frigatebirds, Blue-footed Boobie, Brown Pelican, Red-billed Tropicbird, Smooth-billed Ani, Large Ground Finch, Small Tree Finch, Yellow Warbler, Galapagos Mockingbird, Brown Pelican, White-vented Stor...
• Ecuador Day 1: Guayaquil
  on Jan 24, 2013 in Guayaquil hobbits Guayas Iguana Ecuador Las Peñas
   Green Iguana, Parque de las Iguana, GuayaquilOn Christmas this Traveler met Travelers Ten and Thirteen at the airport to begin our journey to Ecuador. First stop: the city of Guayaquil. Traveler Nine would meet us as he was already there visiti...

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