Yesterday we went to the beautiful Isla de la Plata part of Machalilla National Park. Isla de la Plata is often called “The Poor Man’s Galapagos”. Isla de la Plata received its name meaning “Island of Silver” from the booby poop that covers the island. In the moonlight the white poop shimmers a silver hue…

These past 24 hours have been a whirlwind of events. We went from the Iyarina Lodge (Andes and Amazon Field School) to Las Tunas a town on the Western coast of Ecuador. This change in setting was supposed to be an easy trip. Just a 4 hour bus-ride to the Quito airport around a 45…

These past two days in Ecuador have been the most unique of my life. We traveled by bus and canoe to the Waorani Nation. The Waorani are a civilization that lives on the Nushino river in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest. This community was the last community in Ecuador to be contacted by the…

These past two days have been extremely eventful. We ended our travels in Quito, and took a bus ride into the Amazon rainforest. Our first experience in the Amazon was amazing. We hiked the Sendero Jumandy observation area. We saw many exotic plants, some animals and heard many more. We had to climb over fallen…

On our first day in Ecuador we went to the Church de San Francisco. This church was built by a man named Catuña. Legend has it that Catuña made a deal with the devil to help him build the church, the only catch in the deal was that upon completion of the church the devil…