Moving2Ecuador

November 30 Leaving the Wilderness Welcoming Huoarani Boy Five days in the jungle feels like forever and like a moment. I did not want to leave. I liked the quiet and the calm of the place, and there was so much more to see, more to look for. Eric was frustrated because there was so much more he wanted to accomplish. There were too many distractions for him to gather the data he wanted. Posing Under a Huge Ceiba Tree After getting packed and organized and saying goodbye to Nelsy the cook, we piled our bags and ourselves onto the boat and headed upriver. The river was unrecognizable; it had risen several feet, and nothing looked the same as when we had driven down. Eduardo came with us. After a few hours, I am not sure how long because I have not had a watch for the whole trip, we arrived at the Houarani community. We climbed out of the boat and up a ladder over the eroded shoreline and were invited into a typical home. Several children and their mothers were waiting to greet us. Ti...

Imbabura and Lago San Pablo From the Air The journey is the destination. That was very clear today when our adventure began early this morning. After waking up Maya and sending her off to school (not to see her for five days which makes me anxious and worried), we met Pamela (or Wabita as she is called, not sure why) and piled into a taxi with all our bags (Eric was up all night preparing equipment, so we have five bags full of research related tools and two computers). I was amazed that we could all fit into one tiny little taxi. We stopped at Isabel's house to drop off Maya's music stand and instructions regarding her stay, as well as the unfinished cherry pie, which Maya requested. We met Thomas, a student at my Spanish school (Swiss, from Zurich), at the airport, and helped him get on a flight a little earlier than ours ( he was supposed to have a flight booked, but did not show up on the manifest). View of the Jungle Through the Clouds We saw Antisana volcano above the cl...