Reflections

A bit ago, I did a post about going to the Amazon. It wasn’t all my favorite thing, but there were some beautiful visuals. In that post I mentioned (briefly) how I really appreciated the reflections off the black water… Well, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Maybe watch this one with the […]

Sea Lions, turtles, and Iguanas, Oh My.

We made it to the Galapagos! We were originally planning on skipping the islands, because it is really expensive to travel here, but we managed to find a house on San Cristobal that was mostly in our budget and we are planning on eating a lot of Top Ramen and tuna fish. We already agree […]

An Interview With A Wet Explorer Traveling Reluctantly on Amazon Tributaries.

Interviewer (INT): Well, you have just spent seven days traveling in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian tributaries of the upper Amazon basin. What would you say is your first impression? Wet Explorer Traveling Reluctantly on Amazon Tributaries (WET RAT): It’s really wet. Int: Anything else? WET RAT: Probably too much to describe. There is so much […]

A Quick Update (with some plans for the next couple of weeks)…

I don’t want to take a bunch of time on this one, but, I wanted to post something about what we have been up to, what we are about to be doing, and when I may actually get some new posts in here. To start with, as you may know, we are in Quito, after […]