It wasnt my idea to put the baby on the sheep...
Its contact lense solution!
A little old lady that sold us flowers through the window of the train in the way back from Machupicchu.
The Ocean as seen by Tara
Coca leaves taste great...
This guy is a few seconds away from feeling very, very stupid
A few seconds after he realised that he couldnt outrun a bull...
Wishing he was never born...
Wondering why noone is helping him...
Tara showing off her mad card house building skills to my family
Coconut meets rum, meets cola
Learning to fish all over again
This picture reminds me a lot of home
Half of the most impressive rainbow Ive ever seen
On the way to see the sunset in the mountains above Cayambe
Sunset
Sunset part 2
A square in old Quito
Same square
The virgin overlooking Quito
Me in the back yard
Me with my mom, her sister and the kids
A bunch of my students in a truck following us up the hill after the dance in Juan Montalvo
The beach at Atacames
Learning to dance, Ecuador style
Attempting to play the guitar for the dancers
My grade 1 and grade 7 kids on their graduation day
My favorite little first grader
Eating a guinea pig (note the paw on the left)
The market in Otavalo
Poncho picture
Live music over lunch
The church in the park. Otavalo
The Incas last General
Me and the family at home
The largest Incan ruin in Ecuador, Ingapirca
more from the ruins
The temple
A stairway leading to the ruins
Poncho man in the home of the Incan priests
Closeup of the temple
More of the same
If you zoom in to the road on the right hand side of the trees, you will see our tour bus leaving us behind...
Starting a fashion sensation in Lima
Fountian in the park in Lima
A fancy thingy in a park in Lima
Ask a spanish speaking friend to translate this for you...
The Nazca lines as seen from a tower in the middle of the desert, this one is of a frog
A tree
The horizon
our hitching inukshuk, looking for a ride to Lima
No such luck...
These lines are supposedly a calender that was used by the Nazca, and also point to underground water sources
Sunset over the Nazca desert as seen from the bus headed for Cusco
A womans march of some variety in the central square of Cusco
A corner strore framed by an ancient Incan wall...
The catholic influence in Cusco
Serpent of stone
More Incan masonry
A Che parade through the central square
fresh meat
Great place to feel at home
A door. I like it...
I also like walls
Tara and the frogs
My favorite wall
A little Incan inspired artwork
The fortress of Ollataytambo
Statue in Ollataytambo
The staircase leading up the mountain to Machupicchu
Our first glimpse of the ruins
Me in the clouds
Tara on the edge of the earth
The parting mist over Machupicchu
More MP
Tara on the edge of the earth... again
Proof that I was at Machupicchu
Unimaginably huge bricks
the hitchingpost of the sun
the sacred stone
A condor, protecting the entrance to a cave
the ritual baths
I cant remember what this was but its pretty sweet...
another temple
a lone tree in the middle of the ancient city
Your classic Machupicchu photo
Taking it all in
Tara and the lost city
same city, different angle
Tara
My friend llama
A rock along the road
The switchbacks that funnel tourists to the toll booth
MP
The Police presence in Baños
Andreanne, Niall, Aneta and I posing with our best Ecuadorian smiles
coincidence?
The famous church in Baños
Paintings in the church depicting miracles preformed in Ecuador
The church courtyard
hard at work
My school preparing for the San Pedro parade through Cayambe
My students dancing in traditional dress
Ole!
Our school banner
The church boardering the main square in Cayambe
The courtyard in our home away from home, The Hotel Raices
Some of the gang on our first day in Quito
My host father and little brother outside the house
The kitchen on the left, the laundry machine in the middle and my dad on the right
The river we cross on the way to my family´s other community in the mountains
A church the teachers and I visited in Lajas Colombia
Dusty in the church
My brother having fun with alphabet noodles
My entire school on a field trip to the hill overlooking Cayambe
Me and the other teachers, plus a few kids who snuck into the photo
play time
The kids
Travel in Ecuador
An environment day march through the streets of Cayambe
All of the kids are dressed as different plants that grow in the area
more of the march
Relaxing after a successful hike into San Jose del Caleras, my family´s other community
Decorating an empty house for the first communion of the kids from the Caleras
The Padre
Don Alfredo doing his best Simòn Bolivar pose
Volcano Cayambe as seen from my family´s land in the mountains
My brother, Monica and I enjoying the sun
Watching the sun rise over the volcano
My little brother and I challenging the wind on the top of the world
A photo taken from the bus stop. We walked from the tallest peak on the horizon...
the family dog
Me sporting a stylish $5 watch... it lasted 2 weeks...
The beach at Atacames before the crowds come to play
more of the beach
me babysitting at the bar
Volcano Cayambe as seen from town
Me showing the kids at school my pictures
My school
the kids at play
The grade 7 portable and our washrooms
the soccer field
More of the kids
A bunch of gringos watching the San Pedro Fiesta
In Cayambe, tourists are the attraction...
The passing crowds
A tower of cotton candy
My sister dancing in the parade
my friends minutes after being robbed during the fiesta
showing off my sweet new bracelet
Deliscious Brasilian steel
my brother on graduation day from elementary school
Me at the toronto airport before leaving for Ecuador
Departing Florida
My first day in Quito
The condor
Me and a few of the girls from my grade seven class.
The teachers on graduation day
We work hard and we play hard...
As a note... Ecuadorian wine is amoung the worst I´ve ever tasted...
Rio Aguarica
