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Christmas with the hummingbirds
... it tends to rain around here in the afternoon we looked for an activity that would not take too long. So we went to cascada nambillo, where they have a slide and a 12m high jump. Once again I took one of these truck with bench construction things. It took about 30 or so minutes and only cost 1 dollar per person. The was to the waterfalls was quite adventures. First we had to climb down a rope down a slipper slope (we could have taken the easy way, but ...
Mork & Mindo
... give anything to have her here for more time....To share this experience, these people, this culture, this incredible land with someone you truly love, respect & cherish has, and will continue to be, the highlight of my trip....I only wish, more of you could be here to see & do, what we are & have been so fortunate to see & do.....Picture's, as they say, are worth a thousand words, but what happens when you are left ...
Graduation: I now speak "So So" Spanish!
... order food and ask for the bathroom. I also can talk to the 5 perros (dogs) at my Familia Casa and they seem to understand me and since GOOGLE has somehow detected that I am in Ecuador and I can't figure out how to change their searches back to English, I can kind of understand my Google Queries which included a search for" Frutas exoticas de Ecuador" that I was required to do for my graduation. So we visited the Mercado (market) de Frutas (see ...
A Tranquilo Cloud Forest
... at a boutique little café and learnt the process from bean collection, drying, grinding to of course making and eating! Seeing cocoa beans in their pods solved the mystery of the yellow things growing in abundance on the sides of the roads!!
The next day we set off to have a go at Zip lining (or Canyoning). Along the walk we spotted a wild Tucan hanging out in a tree! Naturally I ...
Reggae Reggae!
Last night myself, Veronica, Nicola from my project and a few of her friends went to see the Wailers. I remember listening to Bob Marly and The Wailers greatest hits gorwing up and is what I automatcally think of when I think of Reggae music. I didn't even realise that the Wailers were still going and to have the opportunity to see them live would be amazing and a real experience. How great to see the original backing band for Bob Marly and in Quito of all places, ...


