Ecuador was an amazing country. The sun always rises at 6 AM and sets at 6 PM. Their only seasons are wet and dry. Fortunately this was the dry season and we only experienced rain one morning.
My good friend Pam Schultz from Marshfield, Wisconsin joined me on this trip. I’m not totally sure she realized what she was getting herself into, but it was an awesome trip.
We enjoyed a variety of landscapes and altitudes from the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin to over 19,000′ elevation at Cotopaxi National Park.
Dates: June 19-28, 2013
Tour Operator: Gate 1 Travel
Trip Itinerary
Basilica of Quito
Virgin del Panecillo
Quito
Basilica of Quito
Basilica of Quito
Basilica of Quito
Grand Plaza in Quito
San Agustin Monastery
Quito
San Augustin Monastery, Quito
Monastery de San Francisco, Quito
Monastery de San Francisco, Quito
El Pahuma waterfall
The Colors of Ecuador
Toucan
Hummingbird
Shoe-shine Day
Cathedral of Quito
Hanging out, Grand Plaza in Quito
The Shoelace Store
Monastery de San Francisco, Quito
Monastery de San Francisco, Quito
Dried larva…for your health
“Live” larva…for your health
Cathedral of Quito
Cuy (Guinea Pig) restaurant
Cuy – Tastes like chicken??? Yum!!!!
Mom and Daughter
Visit to the pan flute workshop
Passion fruit flower
Peguche waterfall
Shhh. Quiet in the bathroom
Otavalo Market
Otavalo Market
Otavalo Market
Hammocks, Otavalo Market
Mural in Cotacachi
Happy Trashcans
Cloud Forest
Stop the bus…there’s a llama
Cutie with her dog
he luggage boat for our stay in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin
Blow gun lessons at the indigenous village…I was first…nailed it!
Our target
Wash day in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Who’s that doggy under the porch?
Napo River, Ecuadorian Amazon
asa del Suizo, our Amazon lodge on the Napo River…roughing it!
Napo River, Ecuadorian Amazon
Our “buses” in the Amazon
Ecuadorian Amazon
The Colors of Ecuador
Visit to a butterfly farm
Visit to a butterfly farm
Visit to a butterfly farm
Visit to a butterfly farm
Visit to a butterfly farm
Even the gas station potty stops had great views
Government subsidies (US dollar and gallons) – Wow!
El Pailon del Diablo (The Devil’s Cauldron) waterfall
My friend Pam Schultz who joined me on this adventure. You aren’t in Wisconsin anymore!
Waterfall near Baños
Cable car over the canyon for great waterfall views
Mural in Baños
Taffy store in Baños
Couldn’t resist photographing this crazy mannequin
Salcedo Market
Salcedo Market – No plain old white eggs here
Salcedo Market
Last pig head…big seller at the market
Salcedo Market
Salcedo Market
Salcedo Market
I’m not totally sure the Green Bay Packers authorized this cap
I don’t think this rabbit from the market will be a family pet. Hasenpfeffer stew?
Visit to a rose plantation
Lunch at a local artisans house
Cotopaxi Volcano
Cotopaxi National Park
Cotopaxi Volcano
The Adventures of Dave 