Fiesta at Lucas school

Lucas classmate, the prince of Ecuador.

Lucas class with all his friends.

Everybody was ready for some good stuff to eat.

 

Lucas happy to get something different for lunch.

Im not sure why but some of the kids dressed up for the day.

Lucas school where they play during the brakes.

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.