Shakshuka: Breakfast of mostly stewed tomatoes with eggs, peppers, and cheese. Good but strange.
We had to pay for the Galapagos trip in cash! It was a little nerve racking, but fortunately they let us pay in four separate payments. This was one of our payments, just before we left for the jungle.
Carrie and I at the equator monument. In fact, the line shown is not the actual equator!
My feet on the incorrect equator line
More of the "Mitad del Mundo" park
Carrie at the better equator museum (the Solar Museum)
Some Ecuadorian cultures buried their dead in the fetal position so they could be born into the next world.
The real equator line
A solar clock on the equator. It was indeed 3 o'clock
Carrie and I at the true equator
Carrie attempts to balance an egg at the equator
Carrie succeeded because at the equator, there are no sideways gravitational forces
Steps 1-6 on how to make a shrunken head
Steps 7-12 on how to make a shrunken head
Real Shrunken Head!
Dan attempts to blow a dart into a nearby cactus tree
Parasite in the jungle that is attracted to warm water. If you pee while swimming, it may swim up your hoo-ha
Musicians perform at the Mitad del Mundo
Carrie at Quito's Plaza Grande
Palacio de Gobierno
Guards at the palace
Streets of Old Town in Quito
Museum full of snakes in Parque Carolina
Us holding a fearsome snake!
The snake is licking Carrie's back
Typical Ecuadorian breakfast!
