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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 →

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 →