Monthly Archives: April 2015

Sunday Snorkeling between the towers, beach hike, highlands excursion Morning snorkeling in clean and clear crystal waters between the rocks charles darwin saw called tiki rocks. An eroded channel idea for viewing swimming turtles, many, and similarly for sea lions … Continue reading →

Saturday another perfect day Early morning to see an elusive rat, not seen. Great sighting of a blue Booby up close. Many sea lions playing, approaching and waiting for the return of their mother. Fausto called them, gif behind a … Continue reading →

Friday cerro dragona on Santa Cruz 06:30 departure flight to Baltra island and then on to the Beluga boat/yacht. First main sighting: a flock of blue footed bobbies sardine fishing. Diving, surfacing and diving, maybe 75 of them. Lava gull … Continue reading →

Thursday, last day and night in Guayaquil. Friday morning we take a plane to Baltra and then the boat, no connection on boat. Little if any on the islands. Presley Norton museum. Small archeology museum with excellent descriptions of artifacts … Continue reading →

Tuesday Leaving the forest and onto the beach. Stopped at a fascinating ship shaped church with truly impressive views of the long and very well used beach towns, each apparently different in culture. Montañita,a surfing and drug culture beach community … Continue reading →

Tuesday Field Trip to the South, Salinas, on the beach and home of some special Hummers that live on nearby cliffs. About 150 km south of Guayaquil, very popular beach area for both locals and tourists. Meeting at 8 am … Continue reading →

Monday Reserva churute mangrove forest, bird watching with Anna. A good drive away from the city. http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglares_Churute Anna is a field biologist that specializes in birds and aquatic birds. There are 1600 species of birds in Ecuador, hummers being the … Continue reading →

Sunday, Easter, heavy rain last evening City tour with Fernando, and then Cerro Blanco forest climbs. 444 stairs to las peñas, the oldest area of Guayaquil. Racism prevalent by color but not much by wealth or the reverse depending on … Continue reading →

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Saturday free day in the city. Breakfast, going native with ceviche, here with popcorn,plantain, and corn nuts added. Apparently one adds what we call bar food to the ceviche (with large shrimp-many). Smoked salmon on the side. QB acquired a … Continue reading →