Ich versuche hier Fotos raufzuladen. Sie sehen fots von Baños und Simons Quadausflug. Dann folgt die Selva von Guyabeno und schliesslich Coca. [View Full Entry]

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Update from the land of giant tortoises - We went on a search this weekend for a cheap tour for the week after our last work week at the reserve, which is our last week in Galápagos. We didn´t have much luck in the port of San Cristobal, so we decided to take a ferry over to the bigger town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz. We got here this morning and within one hour of being here we found a tour for an extremely good price, about 1/2 off the normal price! The trick is that it leaves today! So [View Full Entry]

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One of my biggest responsibilities right now is being in charge of this business for the oldest high school girls of sales. We’re working with the girls work program in the escuela, helping them make quality products, helping them sell, going out and doing publicity in Quito outside the Center. Girls program is truly one of my favorite things in the Center. We’re teaching the girls the value of work and responsibility, helping them earn money for themselves and their families, teaching them how to make cool things (from chocolate covered bananas in the kitchen to sewing to m [View Full Entry]

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We just finished our second week of work at the reserve...the time is flying by! This week included a lot of machete work, clearing some land for the organic garden. Other than that, we did some seed planting, watering, and a trip to the Interpretation Center where we read all about the history of the Galápagos. During the week we had the chance to go on a authentic Galapaganian pig hunt! We ventured into the dense island woods at night with a flashlight or two, a sling shot, a bucket of rocks, a few guys speaking spanish, a quite german girl, [View Full Entry]

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Just as planned, the beginning of November brings about change in my travels. I will be moving to the island of San Cristobal, which is a few hours off the coast of Ecuador. A local family is "ädopting" me for the next few months while I volunteer at Hospital Oskar Jandl. My experience in Quito has been a very memorable and unique one. I have learned many valuble lessons about Ecuador, Latin America, and life in general. By quickly adapting to this new lifestyle I was able to make the most of my month in Quito. I not only learned the [View Full Entry]

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Hola noch mal... fuer alle, die sich ueber den letzten Blog amuesiert haben... hier kommt mal was anderes, wirklich schlechte Nachrichten: ALLES WEG!!!!! Sind vogestern abend AUSGERAUBT worden (dh. der Carina die Tasche runtergerissen)... und wir waren nicht total unvorsichtig, aber wir waren nur 30 sek von der Touristenstrasse entfernt und es ging so schnell und der Henkel der Tasche ist gerissen und weg war er! Keine Chance! Naja, und so fehlen uns jetzt BEIDE Cameras (eh super, das war das erste mal, dass wir ueberhaupt beide mithatten und noch dazu in einer Tasche - und mit ALLEN foto [View Full Entry]

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J: In the last two days I've learned two lessons the hard way: 1) Yesterday lunchtime we went for lunch at Mercado Central which is where all of the locals eat. Mercado Central is basically a large hall split into scores of identically sized domestic-looking kitchens, each offering slightly different local fayre from the next. Our smattering of Spanish was not comprehensive enough to translate most of what was on offer, so we veered away from outlets tempting us in with piles of raw chicken heads and diced pig trotters at the front of their stores and headed for the veggie-looking [View Full Entry]

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I woke up this morning around 830am. Since I was up, I might as well try to get on the surf trip up the coast at 10am. I stumbled into town to check if there was still room and nobody was around. I joined Bill and Tom at Tiki Limbo for breakfast, I ended up just having Tea just to get me moving. I popped in to school a few times and finally around 9:50 Isidro was packing up surfboards for the trip. I asked him if there was still room and he said there was...I dropped a dollar at the [View Full Entry]

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Hola. Well, the loud speaker guy never came by this morning so I was able to finally sleep in until I wanted! I had breakfast again at Tiki Limbo. Decided to go for a fruit, granola, and yogurt breakfast with some pineapple juice and tea. I'm becoming a regular so it's pretty nice. Braeden and I were talking today about the difference between tourists and travelers...tourists are the ones sitting in the expensive restaurants watching and making comments on the travelers who are eating and enjoying the street food. It's amazing to not feel like a tourist, I actually feel like [View Full Entry]

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An early start this morning with a trip by taxi, then 2 buses. 3 hours later and we arrived at our destination - Saquisili. The town is the location for perhaps the most important indigenous markets in Ecuador and what a market it is. From the first few seconds of being there our cameras were out, snapping away at unusual and colourful sights. We had a giggle over some of the things we saw, in particular the pigs heads which would later be served up with mash potato for lunch. The market was spread over the whole town, then about 1km [View Full Entry]

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