New Year
Wow, I’ve been slacking lately. It seems as though I have a lot of things to catch you up on. We’ll start with a brief discussion/description of my volunteer job. As I already mentioned, I’m teaching English for a school called Espaanglisch. It’s a slightly disorganized operation, so I’m pretty much left to figure out … Continue reading
Galapagos Birds — Part II
Good news! We’re finally back online. We purchased a new computer the other day so we can once again share our pictures and conduct our business. Even better: we have 24-hour free Internet access! Mike has barely left our apartment since we set up the computer (just kidding). It will take us a little while … Continue reading
Feliz Navidad
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, whether you celebrated with turkey and carols, fondue and games, or chifa and a movie. We found ourselves amidst fruit cake and merengue music… On Christmas Eve, Mike and I checked into a mid-range hotel as a special treat for ourselves. After a week in the friendly but … Continue reading
Tra la la la la Trujillo
Sorry I’ve been such a bum about posting lately; I just don’t really have much for news (or pictures). Plus, I figured everyone would be busy with holiday happenings. Anywho, let me give you a run-down of our recent activities. You wouldn’t think that biking along the coast in Peru would be brutal, but it … Continue reading
Forgotten Details
Mike was disappointed that I had forgotten some crucial details in my last post, so I am going to rectify those omissions now. First of all, he wanted to be sure that I tell you how he successfully bribed the Peruvian border authorities. You see, the border between Ecuador and Peru is a little screwy. … Continue reading
Famous!
The other day Mike and I were interviewed in Tumbes, Peru. Being the gringos that we are, the local newsreporter had no trouble picking us out of a crowd in the town square of Tumbes. Since we had our bikes all packed up and ready to go for the day we were even more conspicuous. … Continue reading
Marine Iguanas
So, the latest with the computer is that it is still seriously screwed up. This is especially sad for Mike. We did loose some Galapagos pictures (about 1000, in fact), but the pics of the boobies (from our last day) were still on the camera. You’ll get to see them eventually, but the files are … Continue reading
Sally Lightfoot Crabs
Well, tragedy struck yesterday: our computer crashed. Big time. Something about our hard-drive is seriously screwed up. Mike is in the process of trying to recover lost data, but we’re not sure how much of it he’ll be able to restore. Luckily, he’s been backing up his photos on his iPod pretty regularly. We may … Continue reading
Galapagos Birds — Part I
I know I promised marine iguanas next, but Mike took some outstanding photos on our last day in the Galapagos, so I’m going to wait until he uploads those. In the meantime, I’ll cover penguins, flamingos, and a few other birds. The Galapagos penguin is the northernmost penguin found in the wild. It’s pretty weird … Continue reading
Sea Lions
You’re excited to see the sea lion pics, right? They’re so cute and silly, who wouldn’t want to? Well, sea lions are abundant in the Galapagos. Mike and I have had close sea lion encounters before (when we got Scuba certified in Mexico we dove with them), but we got to spend lots of time … Continue reading
Traveling Applejax 