Ecuador
14 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
9000' altitude effect
Antennas on Mt.
pollution
Load straps on head: man, woman
Calderon - bread dough
Ocean sediment soil; dusty front loader; dust/water/mud.
Chirimaya fruit - green, white pulp, black seeds, taste good.
Cayumbe -- Cross equator [InsightEcuad, 181]
Girls sing on bus, sell shawls, scarves
Sweater and weaving purchase
alternate site; motel by Laguna San Pablo; volcano slopes up in immediate background [LonelyPlanet,
153]
Peguche [LonelyPlanet, 152]
Family weavers; kids no school; family works together; kids surround me [InsightEcuad, 112, 119, 122,
123, 187]
guinea pigs running loose in kitchen
Girl dress, black/white theme [InsightEcuad, 22, 184, 189]
Cotocachi: Leather shops; volcano peak in vicinity; clouds enshroud peak
15 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
5:00 AM Southern Cross visible through broken clouds
Blue and white swallows
Chestnut collared sparrow
Hooded siskin
Dirt-road street; houses have electricity; side streets rough.
Laundry Ladies - bath and toothbrushing in the stream [InsightEcuad, 67]
Chickens, pigs, lambs; watch where you step!; local cooking for sale [InsightEcuad, 190]
[EcuadSnaps, 16] [InsightEcuad, 60, 183, 1851
Panama hat [InsightEcuad, 133]
North side of volcano - vegetation in troughs where water drains
Blue sky, white clouds, gray clouds drift on mountain.
San Antonio: Woodcarver town; Luis Porosi gallery [InsightEcuad, I 1 6, 19 1
[HacienEcuad, 37]
Band - Andean music [InsightEcuad, 94]
Costume dancers [InsightEcuad, 90, 188]
Mining region
Strata; light ocean sediment, black streaks.
Acacia trees - flat shape, wide spread, compound leaves.
Plant - rosette shape, thick pointed leaves, single slender stalk.
Quito housing
bought bottled water, Ecuador map
16 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
Broken clouds - typical weather for this season
Cotopaxi National Park - straw houses as enter park
Monterrey pines introduced from Calif. [InsightEcuad, 196] red bacterium
[EcuadSnaps,13,14]
No llamas seen
Visitors center - Lava channel nearby
Flat area 14,000' alt; wild horses
[HacienEcuad, 65] [LonelyPlanet, 173] [InsightEcuad, 197]
Band - Andean music [InsightEcuad, 94)
Statue of the Virgin of Quito [InsightEcuad, 1641
Independence Plaza [InsightEcuad, 169]
colonial Quito [EcuadSnaps, 23, 24]
church
17 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
Bookshop near hotel - Libri Mundi
Wait in airport; still see antennas on volcanic peak
Wait and hassle at airport [GalapGray, 225]
Boat hassle, air conditioning problem [GalapGray, 2251
Five-finger rock
Golden cownose ray [GalapGray, 175] [GalapNatHist, 232]
Walk along beach [GalapGray, 226] [GalapNatHist, PL-73]
blue footed booby [KathyPicl
crab crawling on rock [KathyPic]
yellow warbler [GalapGray, 164] [GalapNatHist, 188]
ruddy turnstone, orange legs [GalapGray, 127]
sanderlings [GalapGray, 128] [GalapNatHist, PL-54]
semipalmated plover
Med. Ground finch, tame ~4'
marine iguana [KathyPicl
rainbow [KathyPic]
sunset [KathyPicl
Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
trail map [GalapNatHist, 259] [GalapGray, 222]
Crabs[EcuadSnaps, 49] [InsightEcuad, 325] [GalapNatHist, PL-65]
sea lions [GalapGray, 147, 170ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-62ff, 195ff]
Brown pelicans [EcuadSnaps, 281 [GalapGray, 111, 117ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-41ff, 141][KathyPic]
Marine iguana [GalapGray, 81ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-35] [GalapNatHist, 12lff] ?[EcuadSnaps, 29]
Lava lizard [GalapGray, 64] [GalapNatHist, PL-30ff] [GalapNatHist, 113]
Many Blue-footed Boobies - courtship ritual - "dance" [GalapGray, 119ff, 129] [GalapNatHist, PL-38ff, 143ff] [KathyPic]
Masked boobie [EcuadSnaps, 45] [GalapGray, 121ff, 130] [GalapNatHist, 147]
mockingbird [GalapGray, 161] [GalapNatHist, 186]
Galapagos hawk [GalapGray, 165ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-56ff] [GalapNatHist, 177ff]
oyster catcher [GalapGray, 125] (GalapNatHist, PL-52] [GalapNatHist, 171]
swallowtail gull, eye, white dot on bill; frigate bird forcing seagull to feed at night (adaptation) [GalapGray, 94, 104] [GalapNatHist, 155ff]
Sea lion beach master [EcuadSnaps, 50] [InsightEcuad, 26]
Blowhole - water 20 meters in air [GalapGray, 55, 222] [KathyPic]
Iguanas mating
19 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
trail map [GalapNatHist, 266] [GalapGray, 197]
[LonelyPlanet, 405]
visitor sites [GalapNatHist, 255]
Puerto Ayora - Academy Bay; trail map [GalapNatHist, 267] [GalapGray, 198]
Mangroves [GalapGray, 198, 60] [GalapNatHist, 62, 76]
Espino [GalapNatHist, 85]
Poison apple [GalapNatHist, 85]
Charles Darwin Research Station; Exhibition Center; baby tortoise house. [GalapGray, 199] [GalapNatHist, 247, 249]
Medium ground finch [GalapGray, 46, 143ff] [GalapNatHist, 49, 54, 188ff]
Tortoises eating [GalapGray, 88ff, 98] [EcuadSnaps, 48] [InsightEcuad, 316] [GalapNatHist, 102ff] [KathyPic]
Grasshoppers mating [GalapNatHist, PL-64] [GalapNatHist, 219]
Browse in shops [GalapGray, 198]
Lava tube [LonelyPlanet, 406] [GalapGray, 22, 55] [GalapNatHist, PL-1]
Craters - actually sinkholes [LonelyPlanet, 406] [GalapNatHist, 25, 64, PL-12] [KathyPic]
Farm - tortoise, vermilion flycatcher, Darwin finches, pintail duck [LonelyPlanet, 4081 [GalapNatHist, PL-60, 1841 [KathyPic]
trees on farm [GalapNatHist, 65, 100]
whimbrel [GalapGray, 127] [GalapNatHist, 173]
cattle egret [GalapGray, 124] [GalapNatHist, 167]
20 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
Basalt columns along shoreline from boat
white fossiliferous layer [GalapNatHist, 261
trail map [GalapNatHist, 270] [GalapGray, 197]
arid zone [GalapNatHist, 63]
Frigate bird colony [EcuadSnaps, 27] [LonelyPlanet, 409] [GalapGray, 109-110, 113ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-48-50, 152] [KathyPic]
Sea Lions
Marine Iguanas -- iguana digging nest [GalapGray, 8 1 ff] [KathyPic]?
Lava Lizards [KathyPic]?
trail map [GalapGray, 194]
New passengers
Refuel [GalapGray, 194]
Daphne minor - truncated volcanic cone, wave-eroded base
Daphne major - much wider volcanic island, eroded around base, some vegetation [GalapGray, 217] [GalapNatHist, PL-9]
flamingoes [GalapGray, 125ff] [GalapNatHist, PL-51] [GalapNatHist, 169]
View pahoehoe lava on Santiago Island
[KathyPic]
Dry landing -- pahoehoe lava; multiple small lava tubes; Washo hid [EcuadSnaps, 47] [GeoFieldGuid, 66] [GalapGray, 236, 241]
sunset [KathyPic]
21 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
trail map [GalapNatHist, 265] [GalapGray, 208]
wet landing in morning; red gravel in sandals [KathyPic]
trail by red cliff crumbling into the sea [GalapGray, 217] [KathyPic]
[EcuadSnaps,44]
Sea lions [EcuadSnaps, 45]
Isabella volcanoes in distance; Santiago across water
sail for Bartolome; Daphnes on horizon
paboehoe lava; peak; steps to peak [GalapGray, 51] [GalapNatHist, 20, 22]
beach walk with American Oystercatchers, marine turtle
trail map [GalapNatHist, 258] [GalapGray, 238]
tuff cones [GalapGray, 23] [GalapNatHist, PL-16]
Pinnacle rock [GalapNatHist, 21] [GalapNatHist, PL-4] [KathyPic]
penguins [GalapGray, 92, 102] [GalapNatHist, 128ff]
crab [KathyPic]
sealion on boat [KathyPic]
brown pelican on boats [KathyPic]
climb Bartolome peak; sunset; moonrise [GalapGray, 50, 52, 239] [GalapNatHist, PL-4-24] [KathyPic]
"lightweight" volcanic rock [KathyPic]
22 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
trail map [GalapNatHist,271][GalapGray,204]
South Plaza trail [GalapNatHist, PL-70]
Opuntia cactus [GalapGray, 58, 59]
cactus finch [GalapGray, 168] [KathyPic]
Land iguana [GalapNatHist, PL-28ff] [GalapNatHist, 117ff] [KathyPic]
Sesuvium [GalapGray, 60] [GalapNatHist, PL-22ff] [KathyPic]
trail map [GalapGray, 206]
Land iguana climbed bush [GalapGray, 84ff] [KathyPic]
Cactus [EcuadSnaps, 43] [GalapNatHist, PL- 18]
sea turtle [GalapGray, 91, 101] [GalapNatHist, 109]
dolphins [GalapGray, 176, 209] [GalapNatHist, 203ff]
23 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
trail map [GalapGray, 229]
aerial view [GalapGray, 49]
Blue-footed boobies diving for fish [GalapNatHist, PL-39]
Hermit crab [GalapNatHist, PL-66]
Red-footed booby [GalapGray, 112, 118] [GalapNatHist, PL-45ff, 149] [KathyPic]
Sea lions
[InsightEcuad, 14] [GalapGray, 228] [KathyPic]
24 Feb 97 ----------------------------------------
bus to crater lagoon Laguna El Junco [GalapGray, 229]
Browse in shops Cristobal [GalapGray, 225]
flight to Guayaquil and Quito [GalapGray, 225]
Quito
Galapagos - 13 large islands, 6 small islands, 40 rocks
Names of islands [GalapNatHist, 4]
Charles Darwin route [GalapGray, 36]
Galapagos National Park visitor sites [GalapNatHist, 255]
Hot spot near Isabella and Fernandina [GalapGray, 16, 20] [GalapNatHist, 17]
Isabella - 5 large volcanoes, last eruption Jan 1995.
Nasca plate, Cocos plate [GalapGray, 15]
ocean currents [GalapGray, 27] [GalapNatHist, 30]
vegetation zones [GalapGray, 69] [GalapNatHist, 60]
source of animal species [GalapNatHist, 40]
food chain [GalapNatHist, 68]
lava cactus [GalapNatHist, 42]
introduced mammals [GalapNatHist, 243ff]
boat Espanola [KathyPic]
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lava gull [GalapGray, 94, 103] [GalapNatHist, 158]
great blue heron [GalapGray, 123] [GalapNatHist, 165]
lava heron [GalapGray, 123] [GalapNatHist, 167]
Yellow crowned night heron [GalapGray, 124] [GalapNatHist, 168]
common egret [GalapGray, 124]
dove [GalapGray, 162] [GalapNatHist, PL-58] [GalapNatHist, 182]
prickly pear cactus [GalapNatHist, 84]
flame tree [GalapNatHist, 90]