I spent time reading about Ecuador’s food, history, and what birds I may see in the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands. Ceviche (seafood “cooked” in citrus juice), humitas (similar to tamales, which I love), empanadas (also love the crescent-shaped pastry stuffed with meat or cheese and baked or fried), and whatever other foods I can try will be exciting! My snack food on the road is often Snickers. If I cannot find that candy bar, I am going to look for “Manicho”. This is to be a milk chocolate bar filled with peanuts. Sounds good…hope to let you know!

The birds in the Amazon will probably be scraping around the ground or high in the tree canopy. I am excited to hear the sounds at night of all the wildlife. But in the meantime, I started to very-roughly sketch a few birds I might see:

Then I thought I could roughly sketch some birds I might see in the Galapagos. As I was reading some material I got caught up in a story about “Lonesome George”. I hope to hear more of it while on my trip.

Galapagos birds were interesting to read about. Some are not shy around people! Unfortunately some are near threatened or endangered. Will definitely want to hear more about this concern!

Well who knows what we will see while we float around the Galapagos islands and step onto some. I hope I remember to chart the path we take around the islands and can enter some new birds onto my life list. I’ll be back in touch to keep you posted!