Category Archives: Nature, the environment & landscapes

A post about Birds

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Katherine

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 →

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“Tungurahua ejects incandescent stones”, read the headline

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Katherine

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 →

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Land of Volcanoes

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Katherine

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 →

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An Ecuadorian Hero Lost at 140 years

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Katherine

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 →

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