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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 →

The missing toquilla hat picture   Check this out on Google+

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 →

Also called the Panama hat but not so much here. Here, toquilla or monticriste (high quality). Ours, I got one too, is a foldable soft low cost (here) type.   Check this out on Google+

Jardin botanical Guayaquil by Jeff Gray on Flickr. Just follow this link to see and comment on this photo:https://flic.kr/p/rX2mU5 Test of posting from flickr directly to G+   Check this out on Google+

Friday hot humid no rain Met Fernando for breakfast. Organizational meeting 🙂 Air kisses very different here. One only, different facial location. Have to love a country and hotel that has ceviche, shrimp, large shrimp, as well as smoked salmon … Continue reading →

HOT damp, Guayaquil Ore Verde Hotel Friday 3 April Boogs are on another adventure, this time to Guayaquil (rain-mangrove forest)and the Galapagos. Details of this adventure will emerge more slowly as there is no connectivity on the boat. Yep, inter-tube … Continue reading →

Nice drive from Phoenix to the Sonoran desert. Many Saguaros along the road as we reached the pass over which was the endpoint. A private reserve, appropriately tended, heavily marketed, and very well annotated and signed. Two aviaries, large cats, … Continue reading →

Google Plus put this together – interesting feature and a nice overview. Not all activities as G+ only picks up from the phone camera and not, of course, from the point and shoot. Check this out on Google+

Wed 4 February awake to spectacular morning, weather and view Last day of trip. Volcano visit, coffee plantation visit and bike ride down the mountain Active volcano then 4000 ft drop via bike.Through fern farming area, covered greenhouses and higher … Continue reading →