Hasta La Vista Ecuador!

Sitting in another airport, waiting on another flight. This time we ended up with a seven hour wait between flights between the Galápagos Islands and an overnight back into the US. We will be back in Bend tomorrow afternoon. From Ecuador. Ecuador. I guess what I can say is… Wow. I cannot believe the sheer […]

A Rant About Ayampe

We left Ayampe after two and a half months. I can’t really say that it was terrible, and I can’t really say it was great. It was a strange place. Let me just start by saying that I loved the locals. Every morning I would take a stroll down to the beach to check the […]

This Little turtle

This post will come with a bit of a disclaimer: I don’t normally intervene in wildlife-related situations that I come across unless I know there are professional people around that are trained in how to rescue/rehabilitate that particular type of animal. It is too easy to make mistakes, or have a negative effect, if we […]

A Day In The Life… In (and around) Ayampe!

We have been in Ayampe over a month now. Life has settled into a regular rhythm for us here. It’s a pretty chill little place. We have a great little house, plenty of food around (with lots of fresh mango, passionfruit, papaya, and bananas), and it generally only ever rains at night. The days are […]

Ayampe!

After a month of hectic travel around Panama, moving every one to seven days, driving for four to eight hours between spots, and then flights to Ecuador (and another rental car and a four-hour drive up the coast), we finally made it to Ayampe. This is the spot we have chosen to settle in for […]