First cousins birthday

Lucas and Kiara trying the horse at the birthday party for Camiel, their first cousin.

Here comes Camiel with a friend as well.

After the horses it was time for a trip around the place with a tractor.

And then the kids needed to recharge their batteries with some sugar.

As usual on a birthday party in Ecuador there are games for the kids and here Kiara has to place  a clothespin on a Lama

And Lucas running with a ball in a wheelbarrow with mommy guiding behind.

And Kiara also ran like crazy with the wheelbarrow in the other team.

Even I got a task in our team....to catch a white bunny.....

Camiel with his parents ready to try the cake with Kiara close by.

Lucas found a good friend at the party.

Cold weather in Quito

Dana and Kiara dressed up and ready to go to daycare center a cold day in Quito.

Visit to Tena

Laura tired after a long day in the Amazon heat.

Kiara like a monkey all over the place as usual. Here we are at a host family for a visit.

There is always something to collect when your name is Lucas.

Lucas found a hammock and decided to hide/sleep.

Cooling of our feet outside Tena.

Lucas found a friend swinging around in the trees looking for something to eat.

Concha Perla visit

Mauricio snorkeling at Concha Perla today with the last group for the summer.

A baby Sealion waiting for his mom to get back from feeding out on the ocean.

The baby Sealion swiming with Rachel, one of the group leaders, and one of the boys in the group.

Some of the kids in the group jumped into the water again to be close to the baby Sealion.

Animal day on Isabela Island, Galapagos

At a visit to a lagoon outside Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island we found 19 Flamingos walking around getting ready for the breeding season.

More Falmingos in the same laggon

A friendly Giant Tortoise at the National Park breeding center

Some Flamingos got a bit scared by a car passing by and started to fly around for a while.

Ducks, probably Galapagos Ducks, at the lagoon.

On a hike through the Wetlands outside the village I found this Sea Iguana that had his private Island in one of the lagoons.

Lava Heron

Galapagos Lava Heron resting on the Manglo branches in Puerto Ayora, Santa Fruz Island in Galapagos.

Bartolome Island, Galapagos

A female Lava Lizzard is coming out from her nest.

Me and the girls from Iowa State University making a group picture from the top of Barlolome Island. They almost dropped me, head first, for a while so it felt a bit nervious but turned out fine.

Giant Tortoise

My friend Franklin tryes to walk with a Giant Tortoises shell. As he is a guide in Galapagos he has probably done this like a zillion times before.

Eggmaster Hakan

On the equator line, here at IntiNan museum in Quito, it is possible to balance an egg on a nail head quite easy and here I managet to balance two eggs at the same time.

Fruit farm

Papayas that are not ready yet but in a week or soo the lower ones are ready to be picked, pealed and eaten. I dont like the ones from the mainland too much but these from Galapagos are really sweet and good.

Fabian pealing a Papaya for the group.

Sealion

One of the most lazzy animals in Galapagos are the sealions. Here I found one sleeping on a boat in the harbor of Isabela Island.

Hiking to Sierra Negra and volcan Chico

My two friends and guides for the group, Fabian and Mauricio, trying to do a fun jump picture infront of Sierra Negra.

Fabian and Mauricio having their bag-lunch on the way to Volcan Chico.

Here Im standing infront of Volcan Chico. One wrong step and you slide right down to the underworld without return ticket.

Fabian with Volcan Chico behind him as well.

San Cristobal, Galapagos

Sunset over San Cristobal in Galapagos taken from a rocking boat at about 06:00 in the morning. We were on the way to Floreana Island and Isabela Island with the second group this summer.

Best moment from the summer of 2012 in Galapagos

For the first time I saw one of the species of snakes that they have in Galapagos. This is a kind of constrictor so it is not poisinous at all but it was a bit shy and kept moving avay amongst the ricks quite fast with me after it taking pictures.

When I tought it wanished I sat down on a rock to take a look at the pictures I made while I suddenly saw something coming up between my crouch and the camera and flew up in the air just to see that the snake was back to have a look at me. 

This Yellow Warbler was jumping aling the Manglo branches looking for bugs to eat.

BBQ at Puerto Chino

Making some good BBQ chicken and beef at Puerto Chino beach in San Cristobal, Galapagos. Posing like a fruit cake, right???