Mitad del Mundo - almost on the equator!
Thu Nov 18 15:16:40 2004
The thin red line (off by 18 seconds)
Wed Oct 27 11:03:40 2004
Tina & Veronica at an even thinner equatorial line...
Thu Oct 28 07:54:02 2004
Another equator sighting!
Thu Oct 28 07:54:40 2004
Working cows aren't impressed by the equator
Thu Oct 28 07:56:42 2004
The invincible Carlos Gabriel and his weapon, er, car
Thu Oct 28 07:57:30 2004
Back at Mitad del Mundo. Close, but no cigar!
Fri Oct 29 09:41:18 2004
Red-footed boobies, blissfully ignoring us
Mon Nov 1 06:30:46 2004
A red-footed booby baby almost notices us...
Mon Nov 1 06:43:52 2004
One of several owls we didn't expect to see
Mon Nov 1 06:44:58 2004
Who?
Mon Nov 1 06:45:28 2004
A harsh lesson - only one Nazca booby chick can be supported, so one dies
Mon Nov 1 07:08:20 2004
A frigate bird - the Galopagan answer to Darth Vader
Mon Nov 1 07:48:46 2004
Another amazingly calm owl
Mon Nov 1 08:30:34 2004
Three frigate birds (one a baby)
Mon Nov 1 08:32:38 2004
A day in the Galapagos
Wed Nov 3 06:21:32 2004
Blue-footed boobies on a rock wall over the water
Wed Nov 3 10:00:14 2004
Great blue heron at the water's edge
Wed Nov 3 10:00:22 2004
Flightless cormorants soaking up the sun
Wed Nov 3 14:59:08 2004
Flightless cormorant nest with baby
Wed Nov 3 14:59:56 2004
Baby flightless cormorant (note the parent's tiny wings)
Wed Nov 3 15:00:20 2004
Baby flightless cormorant
Wed Nov 3 15:00:38 2004
Iguanas (nicknamed Huntley/Brinkley) soaking up the sun
Wed Nov 3 15:03:10 2004
Wider view of the same iguanas (note that although they seem to be looking left, they're actually pretty far to the right)
Wed Nov 3 15:03:22 2004
Tourists soaking up the shade
Wed Nov 3 15:13:08 2004
Baby sea lion nursing
Wed Nov 3 15:14:58 2004
Sea lion posing for touristas
Wed Nov 3 15:16:04 2004
More posing
Wed Nov 3 15:16:36 2004
Joyful posing
Wed Nov 3 15:16:46 2004
Sea turtle swimming up from below
Wed Nov 3 15:18:16 2004
Taking a big breath
Wed Nov 3 15:18:50 2004
Sea lion / sea turtle traffic jam
Wed Nov 3 15:20:16 2004
Tourists stand out on lava
Thu Nov 4 06:40:48 2004
Lava heron blends into lava
Thu Nov 4 06:41:32 2004
Many iguanas enjoying the black-body radiation
Thu Nov 4 06:50:38 2004
Pelican ignoring crabs and eyeballing fish
Thu Nov 4 07:04:54 2004
Swallow-tail gull resting on one leg
Thu Nov 4 07:22:46 2004
Precarious iguana perches -- how do they get there?
Thu Nov 4 07:53:36 2004
The top of the food-chain - a hawk
Thu Nov 4 08:03:50 2004
Ho hum... another perfect day in paradise...
Thu Nov 4 09:29:04 2004
The dining area of the Flamingo I
Thu Nov 4 09:50:50 2004
Part of Jairo's domain - the Flamingo's bar
Thu Nov 4 09:53:10 2004
Jairo enjoys a quiet moment before serving dinner
Thu Nov 4 09:53:42 2004
The Flamingo I's twin sister ship, the Letty
Thu Nov 4 10:05:38 2004
The ferry to Baltra, with our bags on top
Fri Nov 5 07:44:36 2004
The cafe at the Baltra airport
Fri Nov 5 08:46:22 2004
The cafe at the Baltra airport
Fri Nov 5 08:46:30 2004
View from the cafe at the Baltra airport
Fri Nov 5 08:48:02 2004
The cafe at the Baltra airport
Fri Nov 5 08:48:52 2004
Our plane, seen from that same cafe
Fri Nov 5 09:59:58 2004
Hacienda Leito, ~10,000', our home away from Quito
Sun Nov 7 07:48:20 2004
Hacienda Leito in the distance
Sun Nov 7 07:51:08 2004
Coming down out of the clouds into Baños
Sun Nov 7 08:36:10 2004
Baños is at a mere 5,000'
Sun Nov 7 08:36:54 2004
A river makes a steep cliff on one side of town
Sun Nov 7 08:37:52 2004
Sun Nov 7 08:38:02 2004
Sun Nov 7 08:38:26 2004
Birds in the Baños zoo
Sun Nov 7 10:09:06 2004
The Baños Sunday market
Sun Nov 7 11:39:42 2004
An open-air cable car crosses the Rio Negro
Sun Nov 7 12:40:28 2004
The little light-colored dot in the middle is the cable car...
Sun Nov 7 13:02:00 2004
A catch-your-own-trout restaurant
Sun Nov 7 13:44:52 2004
Everyplace we went our host, Victor, knew everybody
Sun Nov 7 13:48:34 2004
Victor was the captain of the Flamingo I
Sun Nov 7 13:50:38 2004
Victor, Tina, & Peter on a Baños street corner
Thu Nov 18 15:21:14 2004
Tina, Victor, & Peter -- Oh, those colorful Americanos!
Thu Nov 18 15:21:08 2004
Returning from the ill-fated trail-ride, these llamas couldn't figure out what I was until I spoke to them...
Mon Nov 8 09:26:30 2004
In Salcedo they make wonderful ice cream. The aguacate (avocado) was the best! -- Really!
Mon Nov 8 11:47:06 2004
Our room at Cafe Cultura was very, very, tres bohemian
Thu Nov 18 15:23:50 2004
We got fresh orchids and roses (Ecuador is bursting with flowers)
Thu Nov 18 15:22:42 2004
See? Very 1950s beatnik/bohemian
Thu Nov 18 15:24:52 2004
Everyplace we stayed in Ecuador had at least one picture of boobies
Thu Nov 18 15:25:42 2004