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Ecuador with Betty in 2017

In April, Arah and her mom headed for Galapagos Islands for a week of wildlife viewing, sun and snorkeling. This included a very short stop in Quito with a day trip to the eastern side of the Andes, for Arah.
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  • Arah's 2nd day at MSP, waiting for a plane to take her to Quito. Lunch at Smack Shack! (She was not crying: the shrimp po' boy here is delish!)

    Arah's 2nd day at MSP, waiting for a plane to take her to Quito. Lunch at Smack Shack! (She was not crying: the shrimp po' boy here is delish!)

  • Arrival in Quito! Finally! I have crazy eyes! Mom arrived 24 hours later. Tucking into our room at the lovely Hotel Rincon de Puembo.

    Arrival in Quito! Finally! I have crazy eyes! Mom arrived 24 hours later. Tucking into our room at the lovely Hotel Rincon de Puembo.

  • Day 1: a day trip over the Andes to the eastern side. Here, we got off the bus to climb up to 14,000' to look for a snipe (we found him but my camera did not).

    Day 1: a day trip over the Andes to the eastern side. Here, we got off the bus to climb up to 14,000' to look for a snipe (we found him but my camera did not).

  • Heads up: lots of alpine plant and cloud forest hummingbird photos and videos, ahead. Mom missed this part of the adventure so I tried to capture a lot of it for her to see, here.

    Heads up: lots of alpine plant and cloud forest hummingbird photos and videos, ahead. Mom missed this part of the adventure so I tried to capture a lot of it for her to see, here.

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  • Cushion plant: not a rock with moss. The whole thing is plant, and squishes down about an inch, but you can walk on them. About which I felt guilty. But there were a lot of them.

    Cushion plant: not a rock with moss. The whole thing is plant, and squishes down about an inch, but you can walk on them. About which I felt guilty. But there were a lot of them.

  • THIS is where we were. Just over the Andes, on the eastern side: Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca.

    THIS is where we were. Just over the Andes, on the eastern side: Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca.

  • Waayyy high up.

    Waayyy high up.

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  • Detail (click to zoom!) on one of the many cushion plants.

    Detail (click to zoom!) on one of the many cushion plants.

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  • Cushion plants

    Cushion plants

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  • Spectacled bear crossing.

    Spectacled bear crossing.

  • Polylepis forest.

    Polylepis forest.

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  • We got a soak for an hour at the Papallacta Hot Springs. LOVELY! It had been a cold morning during which I really wished I'd packed mittens.

    We got a soak for an hour at the Papallacta Hot Springs. LOVELY! It had been a cold morning during which I really wished I'd packed mittens.

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  • Buff-tailed coronet?

    Buff-tailed coronet?

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  • Buff-tailed coronet?

    Buff-tailed coronet?

  • Buff-tailed coronet?

    Buff-tailed coronet?

  • Walking sticks.

    Walking sticks.

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  • Spectacled bear?

    Spectacled bear?

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  • An orchid, impersonating a vine.

    An orchid, impersonating a vine.

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  • The hallway outside my room at Rincon de Puemba.

    The hallway outside my room at Rincon de Puemba.

  • A little bit of Quito.

    A little bit of Quito.

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