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  • Puerto Lopez, Ecuador sunrise
    Travel

    Yellow Orb Over Puerto Lopez, Ecuador #AtoZChallenge

    April 28, 2018 /

    A Yellow Orb (YO) arrives every morning in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador at 6:30, dazzling us with it’s beauty. It silently preys on our eagerness to celebrate beneath it. It’s primary victims are tourists, freshly arrived from cooler climates, where they have been protected by clothing for months. They arrive, strip off most of their fabric and offer their skin up to the YO. Ecuador is named for the equator, which runs through the middle of the country. Did you know? The Earth is closer to the sun at the equator than elsewhere because of our planet’s Equatorial Bulge. As it spins, the Earth forms an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere.…

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    November Sunset

    Sunsets near the equator #AtoZChallenge

    April 22, 2017
    Looking down on Ecuador Andes fog

    A Drive Up the Andes – Guayaquil to Cuenca, Ecuador

    July 10, 2017
    Calle La Ronda in Quito Ecuador

    Calle La Ronda in Quito’s Historic Old Town

    November 13, 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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    Painting tall Guayaquil building

    Painting A Tall Building, Ecuador Style

    July 17, 2017
    CAMTRI Triathlon American Championship, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

    International Triathlon Excites Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

    October 30, 2017

    Adventure – My life is one!

    April 1, 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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    Re-purposed earthquake tents

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

    October 16, 2017
    Puerto Lopez beach when empty

    Alcohol Free Ecuador Elections

    February 12, 2018
    Kinder eggs purchased in Ecuador

    Kinder Eggs – Contraband #AtoZChallenge

    April 13, 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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    Two sea turtles swimming in the ocean

    WildAid Working to End Sea Turtle Trade in China #WATWB

    July 27, 2018
    Cherish the Luv with teens

    Orphanage Teens Learn to Express Themselves Through DJing #WATWB

    July 28, 2017
    Three sopranos in Olon Ecuador concert

    A Little Night Music on the Beach

    March 15, 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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