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  • Puerto Lopez day after 7.8 Ecuador Earthquake
    Life

    Quake: Puerto Lopez two years after a 7.8 rocked Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 19, 2018 /

    April 16, 2016 at 6:58pm, a 7.8 earthquake shook Ecuador’s coast. If you have not read my reliving of that night in Puerto Lopez, find it here. Some have asked what the buildings in the photos look like now. What follows are the photos from April 17, 2016 and the same location two years later. The first building was torn down and has not been rebuilt.   The second building was rebuilt with some finishing work still to be completed.   The fire house had to be completely demolished. Puerto Lopez has turned the land into a parking lot and the fire department has moved to a new location. The night…

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    Kinder eggs purchased in Ecuador

    Kinder Eggs – Contraband #AtoZChallenge

    April 13, 2017
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    March 27, 2014
    Painting tall Guayaquil building

    Painting A Tall Building, Ecuador Style

    July 17, 2017
  • Re-purposed earthquake tents
    Life

    International Aid Tents – From Post-Earthquake Tent City to Traveling Circus

    October 16, 2017 /

    “Sometimes by not knowing the truth we make incorrect judgments about situations” — Sunday Adelaja   What happened to tents from Ecuador’s post-earthquake tent cities? After the April 16, 2016 devastating 7.8 Ecuador earthquake, international aid organizations raced to Ecuador, assisting those who lost everything. Aid organizations set up tent camps where families who lost their homes lived, some for a few weeks, some for many months, a few for more than a year. As Ecuador recovered from the earthquake, families, one by one, vacated the tents and moved into new homes. A second life with the circus When the circus came to Puerto Lopez recently, performers set up their…

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    Puerto Lopez day after 7.8 Ecuador Earthquake

    Quake: Puerto Lopez two years after a 7.8 rocked Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 19, 2018

    Adventure – My life is one!

    April 1, 2017
    Currency in Ecuador

    Currency – Coins over bills #AtoZChallenge

    April 4, 2017
  • Life

    Never Ending Aftershocks

    July 3, 2017 /

    “Anyone else just feel an earthquake in Cuenca?” — Facebook post by the author, June 30, 2017, 5:32 PM June 30, 2017, 5:29 PM The building began swaying back and forth, as if an enormously strong wind was blowing. There was only a light breeze outside. My husband, Scott, and I were reading in our tenth floor Cuenca apartment. We looked at each other, both saying “earthquake” at the same time. There was no panic nor even any movement toward getting up from our chairs. We knew it was too light to be a problem for us. We were concerned about those living near the epicenter, wherever that was. I…

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    February 12, 2018

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    April 28, 2017
    Kinder eggs purchased in Ecuador

    Kinder Eggs – Contraband #AtoZChallenge

    April 13, 2017
  • Filtration system installed
    Life

    #WATWB – Clean Drinking Water

    May 26, 2017 /

    This is my first post for the We Are The World Blogfest, which occurs on the last Friday of every month. I chose a story I wrote about a man providing clean drinking water to thousands in coastal Ecuador. A few weeks after the April 16, 2016 7.8 Ecuador earthquake, Tennessee pastor Gary Vance arrived in Puerto Lopez. He had a suitcase full of water filters and a plan – provide clean drinking water for those who needed it. Installed water filter post-earthquake, Ecuador Photo courtesy of Gary Vance   Gary has made six trips to Ecuador since the earthquake, spent 88 days in country, delivered 1000 filters, and documented…

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    April 1, 2017
    Comercial Javico store in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

    Javico, A Puerto Lopez Grocery Store #AtoZChallenge

    April 11, 2018
  • White-edged oriole
    Flora and Fauna

    Zoo – I live in one! #AtoZChallenge

    April 30, 2017 /

    Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo.  — Paul Simon When I wrote my first post for the A to Z Challenge, I did not know the what the remaining posts were going to be about. While blogging about my life in Ecuador for the past month, I realized that I live in a zoo. A natural, wild, amazing zoo! Let’s recap what is in my zoo. Wildlife in my zoo Throughout the month, I introduced the following zoo residents: (click link to open post) Blue-footed boobies Humpback whales Iguanas In a park At my home A Monkey Owls A Frog Sea Turtles   Rounding out my zoo…

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    Ecuador Rice Fields – Beauty, Predators and Allies

    August 21, 2017
    Owls tree stump art, Houston, Minnesota

    Tree Stump Art

    July 31, 2017
    Vet feeding infant monkey

    Monkey on my head #AtoZChallenge

    April 15, 2017
  • Kindness

    Water. Clean Drinking Water #AtoZChallenge

    April 27, 2017 /

    Drinking tap water in coastal Ecuador is a great way to get parasites. Or worse. — EJB A few weeks after the April 16, 2016 7.8 Ecuador earthquake, Tennessee pastor Gary Vance arrived in Puerto Lopez. He had a suitcase full of water filters and a plan – provide clean drinking water for those who needed it. Clean water welcomed in a tent camp Photo courtesy of Gary Vance   He offered to install a water filter for the Olon orphanage. We went there the next morning. Gary installed a filter and trained a thrilled staff on maintaining it. Water filter installed at the Olon Orphanage Photo courtesy of Gary…

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    Cherish the Luv with teens

    Orphanage Teens Learn to Express Themselves Through DJing #WATWB

    July 28, 2017
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    December 11, 2017

    3D Technology Helping Animals in Cuenca, Ecuador #WATWB

    June 30, 2017
  • Makeshift post-earthquake camp - Manta Ecuador
    Life

    Post-Earthquake makeshift camps #AtoZChallenge

    April 19, 2017 /

    “Living outside is crappy.”  — Cheryl PaPania, Don Juan, Manabí, Ecuador April 16, 2017 marked the one year anniversary of a massive 7.8 Ecuador earthquake. I described my experience the night of the earthquake earlier. Today is about a group of people I met 12 days after the quake. Our friend’s car had been in the shop, ready for pick up, when the earthquake hit. The car was at her mechanic’s shop in Manta, an hour and a half north. His family and building structures had survived and after 11 days he proclaimed the roads passable. Some of us collaborated to bake and purchase food and drinks for those we…

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    September 25, 2017
    Comercial Javico store in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

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    April 11, 2018
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    October 30, 2017
  • Home damaged by earthquake
    Life

    Earthquake – The night a 7.8 shook Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 6, 2017 /

    On April 16, 2016 at 6:58pm, my husband and I were reading outside on our second floor deck when we felt a small jolt. Earthquakes are common on the Ecuador coast. We glanced at each other then back at our books. No big deal. Then a large jolt came and got stronger. Huge deal. We jumped up and made our way down the stairs quickly. No easy feat as the stairs, the house and the railing were all moving out of sync with one another. We stood outside, watching and listening. The car was bouncing off the ground, car alarm screaming. The metal garage door seemed louder than the car…

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    November 6, 2017

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    Puerto Lopez beach when empty

    Alcohol Free Ecuador Elections

    February 12, 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.
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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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