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Category Archives: Ecuador
Our Weekend with Whales
Humpback whales are experiencing a resurgence. By the 1960s, when whaling was outlawed by the International Whaling Commission, there may have been as few as 5,000 in the world. Now there may be as many as 80,000 – still just … Continue reading
Welcome to Quito, Part 2: Money is important
Things that are generally expensive in the U.S. are comparatively cheap in Ecuador. Things that are generally cheap in the U.S. are comparatively expensive in Ecuador. A men’s haircut in Quito sets me back $3. A beer — either Pilsener … Continue reading
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Welcome to Quito
Since I moved here in June, we have had a pretty interesting time. So far, we have hiked/climbed to the top of a volcano; we have hiked down (twice) to the bottom of the crater of another volcano (it’s an … Continue reading
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A post about Birds
You probably know that Ecuador is a biodiversity hotspot, so you will see a number of blog posts about it over time. For now, lets talk about my favorite animal: birds. Ecuador, a country the size of Nevada, is home … Continue reading
“Tungurahua ejects incandescent stones”, read the headline
To follow up on my volcano post, Tunguragua is having an eruption, slow and steady, but enough to douse over 10,000 hectare of farmers fields in several centimetres of ash. This is just one of the many articles that has … Continue reading
Roads to nowhere
Roads play a vital role in the development of any country – without them, no goods can be transported, whether agricultural or industrial, whether to local markets or for export. A number of academics have demonstrated and quantified the importance of roads for reducing poverty. … Continue reading
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Celebrating a loss: how Guayaquileños can find reason to celebrate even when their soccer team loses a match!
A couple of weeks ago we spent the weekend with some family friends at their beach house. To get anywhere on the coast from Quito easily, you fly to one of a few coastal cities (in this case my favorite … Continue reading
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Land of Volcanoes
On Saturday, Bruno and I climbed one of the many volcanoes that surround our home. Living in the shadows of volcanoes is a difficult feeling to describe. We can see seven on a good day from any point in the city, … Continue reading
Ambiguities and Adages
This is a post about language and life, because the words and styles of speech available to you influence your very ideas and expressions. Two very notable differences between Spanish and English are: Spanish is more ambiguous; sentences are in … Continue reading
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An Ecuadorian Hero Lost at 140 years
Good Bye Lonesome George. I got to meet Lonesome George briefly in The Galapagos in February. He was very handsome, for a giant tortoise, and he was the last of his kind. Every island in the Galapagos has a different, unique, subspecies of tortoise-differences that contributed to Darwin’s theory of … Continue reading
Katherine and Bruno's Adventures 