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...