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  • Ecuador's Machalilla National Park Biodiversity Board
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    Visitor Center, Machalilla National Park, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 25, 2018 /

    Machalilla National Park surrounds Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Two monkey species and more than 270 bird species, including the endangered Waved Albatross live in the park. Whales mate and birth just off the coast and turtles hatch on the beaches. If you like active outdoor vacations, this is the place for you! Activities in Machalilla National Park   Hike, bike and horseback ride Dry forests – from sea level to midway up the hills, the dry desert-like flora is brown for about half the year, waiting for water Cloud forests – always green hills where monkeys, orchids and a wide variety of birds live Hike beaches – Playa Los Frailes is often referred…

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    Pig roasting in Cuenca Ecuador

    Pig Road (Avenida Don Bosco), Cuenca, Ecuador

    December 18, 2017
    Puerto Lopez, Ecuador sunrise

    Yellow Orb Over Puerto Lopez, Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 28, 2018
    Iguana Park - Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Guayaquil – Iguana Park and other free attractions #AtoZChallenge

    April 8, 2017
  • Goats in Agua Blanca
    Ecotourism

    Agua Blanca – Living History

    June 5, 2017 /

    Ecotourism: Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.  — Oxford Living Dictionaries Agua Blanca Community Agua Blanca is a friendly historic community five minutes northeast of Puerto Lopez. Some residents are direct descendants of the Manteño civilization, who lived here between 800 and 1532 A.D. Community members keep their history alive with their lifestyle. They enjoy sharing their history with the public via tourism and a full time archaeology project in which anyone can participate. I wrote about my digging day here. The small community has several hundred residents and several thousand goats. The goats wander around everywhere except crop fields,…

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    Tsachila food preparation

    Preserving Ecuador’s Tsachila Indigenous Customs Through Heritage Center #WATWB

    June 29, 2018
    Young llama standing in grass

    Baby Llama at the Inca Ruins

    September 18, 2017
    Footprints of acllawasi

    Inca Ruins in Cuenca, Ecuador

    July 24, 2017
  • Archaeologist for a day
    Ecotourism

    Digging up Manteño history #AtoZChallenge

    April 5, 2017 /

    An archaeology dig guaranteeing every participant would find something from the Manteño civilization? When I saw the offer by Archaeology Vacations, I could not pass up a chance to dig up history. I became an archaeologist for a day! You can be an archaeologist for a day Canadian Luke Dalla Bona is leading an archaeological dig in the indigenous community of Agua Blanca. He lives in the community, 10 minutes north of Puerto Lopez. He is training the next generation of archaeologists right in their own backyard. Before Luke joined them, the community identified some areas where ancient structures once stood. They built a roof over one of the homes…

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    39,000 Volunteers Clean Ecuador Beaches, Rivers, and Ocean Floors

    October 2, 2017
    Volunteers cleaning Puerto Lopez beach

    DoMinga – Volunteers Cleaning Beaches #WATWB

    August 25, 2017
    Tsachila food preparation

    Preserving Ecuador’s Tsachila Indigenous Customs Through Heritage Center #WATWB

    June 29, 2018

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Magnificent frigatbirds have been known to remain Magnificent frigatbirds have been known to remain airborne for up to 2 months! 
Males are solid black, females have a white patch on their neck and chest and juveniles have a white head, neck, and chest. All three included in this shot of them getting fishermen's scraps at the end of a day. . . . . . 
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Randomly seen during a drive was this modern day c Randomly seen during a drive was this modern day cowboy wearing earbuds along a road in coastal Ecuador. #manabi #ecuador #horsesofinsta #horse #cowboy #discoverecuador #allyouneedisecuador
Sunsets at the equator happen quickly. Have your c Sunsets at the equator happen quickly. Have your camera in hand before it begins or you are likely to miss whole thing. This one is in front of the #victorhugohotel.
#placestovisit #puertolopez #travelsouthamerica #southamericatravel #allyouneedisecuador #momentsofmine #foreversummer #beachsunset #manabi #bloglife #ecuadortravel #palmtrees #canong16 #ecuador #awesomeglobe #sunsets
Mama blue footed booby standing guard over daddy a Mama blue footed booby standing guard over daddy and baby on Isla de la Plata off Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. The female large eye pupil distinguishes it from the male smaller eye pupil. #bluefootedbooby #isladelaplata
Friendly green iguanas roam everywhere at Parque S Friendly green iguanas roam everywhere at Parque Seminario ("Iguana Park) in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
#iguana #guayaquil
"I'm like an old turtle these days. I don't run wi "I'm like an old turtle these days. I don't run wide-open everywhere, but at the end of the day, I'll be where I'm supposed to be." --Tracy Lawrence
#seaturtles #isladelaplata
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