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Summer 2002 - Ecuador |
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Itinerary: |
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Week I |
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Where: Santo Domingo De Los Colorados
Who: School group of 6 students and 5 others. |
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Week I Photo - Ralph assessing leg laceration |
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Week II |
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Week I Photo - Jen measuring calf-skinfold |
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Where: Quito, San Golqui
Who: School group of 6 students and 6 others - Our professor joined us for this week. |
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Short Weekend |
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Where: Ambato, Chimboroza, Rio Bamba, Banos
Who: The 6 students |
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Week III |
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Where: Tena, Jutun Sacha, Quito
Who: Sandra and I |
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Week II Photo - Gustavo school children |
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On our short weekend, we took a long bus ride to see this volcano - Chimborazo. |
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Matt and Tosin, Matt is screaming for a reason... He is discovering this ferris wheel is not quite as safe and secure as the one's back home! All that holds you in is a small metal pin that doesn't lock into place. Besides that.. there wasn't much room for the male jewels with this ride! |
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The graffiti you see in Ecuador is very different from what you see most commonly in the states.. In Ecuador it is nearly all political. This message was quite relevent to our trip as it was public health related! Basically saying, "Be rational, don't urinate in the streets."
Areas of Ecuador are very poor, and the people do not have the education we do.. Common sense is only what you can rationalize based on what you have been taught in the culture and atmosphere you learned in. So what may be common sense to us, may not be common sense elsewhere! |
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See the spider in the curled up dry leaf? |
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Riobamba Marketplace - During our short weekend trip. I was in a bad mood with no money but was cheered up when Ralph bought me a perfect pocket knife! |
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Jatun Sacha is where Sandra and I stayed in the amazon for the last week of our trip. |
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Sandra next to a ceiba tree (aka kapok). |
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At Jatun Sacha there is an enclosed eatting area. This poor green, orange, and yellow moth was trapped with us! Here it is buzzing next to a 2 x 2 beam.. Yeah, BIG MOTH!
That's the amazing thing about the amazon, if you stand by a light and a white wall, you'll see at least 30 different species of flying insects. |
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Sandra and I sat atop a bird watching tower overlooking the rainforest canopy.. I can't explain just how amazing it was up there. We had to climb a 2 x 2 foot metal contraption using climbing gear to get to the top of this 50 Meter tower.
From here we could see the rain coming.. I honestly wanted to sleep up there.. I heard you could see so many animals if you are patient. Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend much time up there. |
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Travel Tips I learned...
Keep your passport on you at all times (and your lonely planet guidebook), hide your money in many places, don't carry a purse, refrain from making eye contact with people on the street, learn how to salsa dance. |
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Please visit www.ecuador-pictures.org to get an idea of what this beautiful country looks like! |
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Rainforest Action Network |
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Rainforest Alliance |
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