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...

March 15, 2009.Day 1 of 10 on Isla de La Plata. The foundation I work for doesn't have its own boat therefore in order to get to the island we hitch rides with tourist boats.I got lucky today in a sense as there was only room for one person on the boat and having experience with the work on the island I was the one to hitch a ride.This means I get a free day alone on the island to spend with Hollis!To relax, think, write, read, nap, practice yoga in silence!Ge...

Hola hola… Wow, ya bienvenidos a marzo (already we are welcoming March)!Between Carnaval, island excursions, and working the night shifts at La Playita, often times in retrospect, a week seems like a really long day.We are well into the summer/rainy season here in Manabi, Ecuador.On days when there are no clouds the sun is SUPER intense, and on days when it rains, it REALLY rains!For almost two weeks there were no buses between Puerto Lopez and Quito due to ...

So CARNAVAL began on Friday night and tonight will be the final night of fiestas.Antonella and I went for ceviche on the beach on Friday night and upon leaving the restaurant were greeted with eggs and buckets of water on our heads…haha, VIVA CARNAVAL!! This nonsense continued each night (and day) we passed anywhere close to the main street next to the beach.Regardless of this silly custom, the nights out have been super fun!Full, full, full of music and dancin...