A view of Guayaquil.

An Iguana in a park in Guayaquil.

Taking local Guayaquil transport.

A Galapagos Turtle in Guayaquil.

A sign in Mancora, Peru. Good one. ! The police WERE friendly and helpful.

We are back in Ecuador after a quick trip to Peru. This is a picture of the Ayahuaska tea brewing for the Natememamu ceremony, an intense healing and cleansing ceremony that takes 4 days to complete. l

Late night shopping and "at the Jugueria"

Sunset at Mancora, Peru

The Blog Spot moves to Peru. On the beach, crabs and all. !!

Driving along the coast road in Peru

On the beach at Mancora

A view from deep in Shuar territory.

Into the jungle and Miguel found some catepillars which we fried and ate. Actually they were very tasty. !

Kuba and David beating the Natemamu Drum, and "the team" taking th bark off the vine before crushing and boiling. Our day started at 4.00 am with a dip in the river and then drumming all day. We shared the drumming. !

Some Pictures of Miguel's place.

Some views of our bus ride from Cuenca to Gualaquiza.

The blog has temporarily moved to South America, to Ecuador. I will take more pictures and update when I can. Tomorrow we will be driving from Cuenca to Gualaquiza in the jungle.

 Breakfast in our Hostal

 Quito Cathedral

 Great Stained Glass in the Cathedral Rose Window

 Here we are, playing on the swings. !

 A panorama of Quito. We are at 3,000 meters and it's cold.

 On the road to Cuenca. Volcano Cotopaxi with snow.

 Scenic

Driving into some beautiful landscapes

Building operations complete on Femia's roof and room.

 Femia's new roof, and inside the room with new roof. !

Some more landscape pictures.

 Blondina and Dashinka checking erosion gullies.

 This is my dog walking area. I have to keep them away from sheep. !

Mist coming into the valley in the early morning, and views looking East on the plateau a little later on in the morning, like about 7.30am.

We have our Winter wood cut and stacked. !

 There's around 12 tons stacked. Brilliant stacking by Kuba and Filipe and Diane.

Some doggy pics

 Me and Blondina and Dashinka and Fidel.

 Nicky and Fidel and Blondina and Shwartzenegger.

A pensive Dashinka