Amy and Ian's Most Excellent Ecuadorian Adventure: Two Days To Go...

2 days to go before Ian and I leave out of Logan at 11am and end up in Quito, Ecuador at 10pm, stopping in Miami along the way. Ecuador is on the same time zone as we are and uses the same currency, American dollars, and the same electric current/plugs. The days are the same all year round as it's on the equator, sunrise at 6am and sunset at 6pm. But what really is driving this trip is the incredible diversity of plants and wildlife. Ian's been wanting to go explore Ecuador for it's birds for at least 3 years, and I'm happy to go explore with him.

There are approximatly 1600 different species of birds in Ecuador, we have around 800 on the North American continent. In the 2 months we're there we should be able to add many to Ian's life list.

I wanted to get some practice posting before we actually have photos of Ecuador, so here are some random images... some are Ecuador related...

This has been an excellent book, especially for those who are not going the luxury route, like us.

My handy dandy small Sony T-100 camera that I can put in my pocket, much easier to carry around than my other one.

Ian had his 17th Birthday on Saturday, and a haircut to get ready for Ecuador.

Things are very inexpensive in Ecuador, much is priced at a dollar and it's recommended to have single bills. Taxi rides are 2 dollars across town. Buses are $1 per hour, 4 hour ride is $4 and that will be our first venture out of the capital, Quito to Yanayacu. So Janet told me about going to the bank to get a stack of brand new dollar bills as they will take up less room and look how flat they are!

The flashlights are LED and last 160 hours with a small replaceable flat battery.

Some of the equipment Ian will be bringing with him. His brand new Canon, binoculars, but the scope is staying home. Before haircut that Joe gave him.