Ecuador

Blog post and photographs by Peter Hemenway

Galapagos Islands Many of the tortoises live up to 100 years and they can survive for long periods without food and water,

Galápagos Islands lie on the Nazca Plate at a triple junction where the plate meets the Cocos and Pacific Plates. As a consequence, the islands have a number of active volcanoes.

On the Galápagos you can spot marine iguanas. The marine iguana is the only iguana species that knows how to swim. It is believed the Iguanas on the island arived millions of years ago!

Galapagos Islands

Galapagos Islands

Salango

Joni Gurierrez, a local from the village, posing with Richard Lunniss

Richard Lunniss Phd. came to Ecuador and discovered a love for archaeology. He claims that the area he has been working in most of his life now, Salango is one of the most important sites in perhaps all of Ecuador . He discovered bits of pottery and then began excavating more deeply and then began realizing the importance of what he had found. He has mapped out a whole history of the people that lived here for the last thousands of years, and has been in touch with spiritual dimension that are profound.

A ceramic piece that Richard and his team found while digging at a site in Salango. This is from a collection of artifacts at the museum that was built in the village. He contributed many otehr artifacts to the museum as well.

Cotopaxi Volcano

110 year old couple