oh, btw, I’m fine. we had a tsunami warning, and most people decided to evacuate, but in the end nothing happened. thanks for the concern!
It finally happened. I ran out of excuses not to blog. I had big plans for today involving lots of snorkeling and hanging out with sea lions, but then the stupid tsunami warning happened and ruined my delightful slumber, causing me to take an extended nap when i got back from the evacuation, and of … Continue reading
Here are some of my video clips from the Kicker Rock day trip.
Finally an update! Sorry I haven’t been writing more about the Galapagos, but it’s kind of hard to write something interesting, when you’ve fallen into a daily routine. I did get to do something blog worthy on my first weekend here. My housemate and fellow volunteer had met some locals that she started to hang … Continue reading
Goodbye mainland, Hello Galapagos!
If you’ve read one of my earlier blogs you may remember that my primary objective in the Galapagos is to volunteer as a teacher for a summer camp for the local children. The focus of the summer camp is to teach kids English and to impart on them a sense of responsibility for the conservation … Continue reading
in the Galapagos. It is everything I thought it would be and more. It’s pretty awesome. I’ll write much much more in the days to come. xx, gwen
Red bananas! Unfortunately they aren’t strawberry flavored. Beans from the Giant’s beanstalk. Who needs a fancy stroller? In South America people don’t ride chicken buses. Instead it’s all about the sheep. 2010-01-30-Quilotoa 2010-01-30-Quilotoa-5d
I could have stayed in Baños for days; hanging out in the thermal pools, getting torturous steam baths, gnawing on taffy, eating something other than rice and chicken. Ahhhhh… Alas, I made myself a promise not to be such a lazy backpacker on this trip. No more doing nothing in nice towns. I’ve got way … Continue reading
Someone told me that Kinder Surprise eggs were illegal in the US, because kids might be stupid enough to bite into the chocolate and swallow the toy inside. I was surprised to see them in Ecuador. Maybe they don’t care about their kids. I care about the kids of Ecuador, so I take it as … Continue reading
