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Maui, Hawaii January 2010
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Another place we love and hadn't been for a while, Maui, Hawaii!! Maui is our first love. In the first first years after we moved to Chestermere (1998) friends of ours invited us to come and stay with them there, how could we refuse! Drew was 2, Brett 4 it was our first real holiday and we went back a number of years after that, we had the travel bug! This trip was the best whale watching we have ever seen. January is prime because the mothers are giving birth, so they are very near the island. You will see the great shots that Jerome got, they are just awesome!!
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| | | Cotacachi - Pre-SchoolMicky is organizing adding a bathroom to an Ecuadorian Pre-school that currently does not have one. We attended a Minga, which is a work party, at the school. What an eye-opener, sweet, innocent children, that have no idea they are doing without. We were told that they have a pre-school so that the parents are able to work. Their ages are 3 1/2 to 5 years. Interesting fact about the education in Ecuador, their college and university is ALL FREE. Most of South America is like that.
If you want to check the progress of the school you can check out Micky's website at: http://www.ecuadorprojecthope.org/ |
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| | | Pantavi HosteriaMost of these pictures are of a resort that we had lunch at, Pantavi Hosteria. We were just amazed at the artwork, it was recently bought by an artist who did ALL the art you see. He liked to use bottles, nails and horseshoes....
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| | | The Galapagos Islands!Mum and I spent 3 nights, 4 days on a Luxury cruise around the Galapagos Islands. We met some amazing people from all over the world, snorkelled with sea lions and walked amongst hundreds of iguanas and sea lions. This is a MUST DO! |
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Day 2 - Isabela Island : Fernandina Island
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After a fabulous breakfast, we went for another dinghy ride, this time around Isabela Island. Waves were very strong crashing against the shore so we kept our distance, but could see, and hear, fur seals in the rocks and water. We then headed out to see a bit in search of a Sun Fish. This fish has no tail fin but instead has a fin on its top and bottom. At first glance it looked like a shark except for the fact that it had to wiggle to swim through the water. Very cool!! I took a short video of one.
Later we went snorkelling for the first time and I saw one underwater, WOW!! They are HUGE! It looked like a big round balloon with an eye, just floating there. It must have been 4-5 in diameter! I've included a couple of photos I found online.
There were also a couple of penguins swimming and playing with some birds above the water. Maybe the birds thought they were fish! A few turtles were also close by.
After lunch we went to Fernandina Island. It was amazing to see the Iguanas EVERYWHERE! You had to watch that you didn't step on them as they were the same color as the rocks. They stood perfectly still, soaking up the sun and occassionally spitting. Interesting fact: they have adapted to only drinking seawater, so when they spit, they are spitting out salt.
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| | | Bellavista Cloud Forest in the Andes MountainsHiking in the Andes Mountains - never thought I would say that I'd done that!! Again, the youngest and most out of shape... I've now started walking at home with my hubby! There is more to life than just work, that is a great lesson I learned from this vacation! |
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| | | QuitoWe started in Quito and we finished in Quito. Back to the downtown markets for a bit more shopping. We actually ended up staying at a very quiet B & B on the edge of town so we hit the mall everyday, now that's more NA (North American) shopping. The kiosk vendors were waving at us as they came to recognize us because we were there so much. |
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