Adventure Week in Banos… Ryon arrived on Friday the 21st of May and we immediately took off for Baños.Baños is one of Ecuador's most popular vacation towns, not only foreigners but also Ecuadorian natives.This quaint town is nestled in the Sierra, surrounded by tall Andean mountain peaks including one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes, Tungurahua.Another thing making Baños ideal for "getting a glimpse of it all" is that it lies on the edge of T...

I am at the 4.5 month mark and happy to report that I am still enjoying every second of my life in Ecuador.I am still relishing in the incredible time I had with my Mom when she came to visit.More meaningful to me than anything was getting a whole week of one on one time with my Mom, catching up on our life experiences of 2009 thus far, gossiping, and getting closer to a South American culture together which has undoubtedly become a part of me in the last 4 mon...

This week marks a very special event in my time in Ecuador as my Mom is here visiting!She arrived on the 6th and we will be traveling together until the 15th.Her first day here we spent a half-day in Guyaquil walking the boardwalk that looks out over the huge river basin.We also visited the Archaeological/Modern Art Museum before we hopped in a van and headed into the magnificent Andes! Our ride from Guyaquil to Ecuador's lovely colonial city, Cuenca, took abo...

Today marks the second day of vacation! I finished work at the foundation and will return in June or july to work on the Whale and Manta Ray projects. Until then I will be adventuring through Ecuador (mostly) and possibly seeing a bit of Peru as well. The last month of work was kind of crazy. The foundation got a boat so we did some diving and various other work related stuff just off the coast. I was quite busy researching, writing, shopping, and construc...

Hola amigos, a quick update in writing and a promise for pictures of the new adventures to come soon! Since the last island adventure I have been doing pretty much the same stuff work-wise (La Playita, Los Frailes, Shark Monitoring & Measuring, etc.) So, work is going along at aout the same pace though I am working on a coral rehabilitation project on Isla Salango and we will be diving this week to figure out the details for the project-wyoo hoo! I starte...