Ian and I have spent the last week in Quito, quite a change from the eastern slopes of the Andes. Walking around town is always a treat, the people and their activities are fascinating to me, I love photographing everything! Fortunately, I edited so here are just a few.
Tomorrow we fly to Coca then canoe for several hours to the Amazon basin to La Selva Lodge for more birding and back to nature. Ian has a possibility of seeing 400 life birds, just to put that in perspective there are only 345 he's ever seen in Mass.
We'll be back in Quito over the weekend, then bus or rent a car or private driver car out to Mindo, another birding town on the western slopes. The adventure continues...
Holding hands, walking arm in arm and just general affection with each other is very common in Ecuador, no matter how cool you are.
A young child patiently waiting for his Mom at an ATM machine.
Notices at the lavanderia near our hotel. Hoping my Spanish sounds better than their English.
Warning sign at the Teleferico.
More cool guys at the Teleferico.
We went up the mountain in the 6 person cable car with this family.
Slopes of Pichincha, the top of the Teleferico.
Birding. Ian found 2 lifers.
Volcan Pichincha.
View from our hotel, Rio Amazonas.
Inside our room.
Love the grasses and mosses. Nice hotel views. Looks like a walking city. How are you adapting to the altitude?
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