Las Tunas, Ecuador

... from desert to lush jungle within 5 miles of eachother.   Its amazing the biodiversity and climate diversity you find here in Ecuador - and all the variations of birds and wildlife that go along with them... It was pretty much a rainy cloudy kind of ...

... our escape from Lopez for the community of Las Tunas, a short 30 min. ride southbound along the coast.  We arrived in Las Tunas and were quite excited about our new surroundings.  Our gorgeous guest house was situated a mere 200m from a pristine ...

It is mango season in Ecuador.  At least 11 different varieties, from the subtropics to the tropics.   ...

The rainy season is beginning to wind down.  Of 20 watermelon plants only 9 are surviving.  First I was blaming my failure on the ants.  With a little observation I discovered the culprit!  Big green iguanas.  They just love the buds of anything.  Since I had ...