Ok, before I talk about our trip to the Galapagos, I just wanted to reassure everyone that we are OK. Our boat did not wash up onto Lonesome George, no animals went seeking higher ground, and despite what mamaNan's friend heard, we never were trapped in a cave. In fact, in the wake of the awful earthquake that hit Chile and the Tsunami that followed, we had little more than 2-3 foot change in swell at the Galapagos. We spent the Tsunami on a boat blissfully playi...

There's very few places on earth where you can claim to have one foot on the northern hemisphere and another one on the southern. Ecuador, appropriate named for it's location on the equator, is one of those places. Looking for a bit of touristy fun, Adam and I crammed onto a bus and headed to the Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the Earth) last Sunday afternoon. The Mitad del Mundo complex itself is precisely that, a bit touristy, with a gigantic line drawn the middle ...