City girl enters the wild

Amanda J, BFF since Girl Scouts, takes her first trip abroad to come see her sidekick in Ecuador..... before Amanda J's arrival, we took advantage of being in the big city and had a spa day.
no more campo look.

Amanda in Ecuador

Amanda's flight got in at midnight....we stayed up all night talking like old times.....and had to jump on a bus early the next morning to venture across the country to the Andes mtns.

I feel like visiting Ecuador for some can feel like a whirlwind.....new foods....hot weather.....loud music.....people staring......incredible scenery......prehistoric animals.......3 day-long water fights......warm hearted communities........a lot of uncertainties......and a lot of surprises. Overall, it amounts to a great experience but sometimes much more appreciated once back at home in the comfortable convenient US of A.

Day 1: witness the aftermath of bus roll over (luckily everyone was okay) = 2 hr. delay

mudslide causes us to trek through a swappy mess lugging Amandas red rolley suitcase over the mud block onto a new bus=2 hr. delay

bus capacity= 35, actual number of passengers on our bus= 60

some people had a lot to transfer to the second bus

lending a hand across the mudslide The bus official insisted on having his picture taken with Courtney. hehe

Day 2: recovering from day 1. haha

and dinner with Sam's lovely family! Day 3: hikes and waterfalls



hungry for guinea pig?

our last night before we had to head to the coast to get ready for CARNIVAL....aka madness. Those pix to come!