Euphoria in Ecuador

To keep things short and sweet, just like my trip, I'll say I had the time of my life in Ecuador.

I was happy but plagued by the departure date.

What it made me learn is not to think about leaving so much, I'll stain the time I have.

Not to smile with the person I love while I'm frolicking all over Ecuador, hopping over to the Galapagos Islands and watching him play fútbol would be utmost depressing to me.

As short as the stay was, I saw Iguana Park in Guayaquil where there were iguanas for days; I swam with sharks, sea turtles, fish, a manta ray, a sting ray, pelicans and sea lions while snorkeling; I jumped off a 40-foot cliff into brackish water at Las Grietas after the expert of the jump showed me; I rode in the back of a taxi truck; I walked through the Charles Darwin Research Station and saw innumerable finches; I saw as the sun set on our last day the famous Blue-Footed Booby; I got sneezed on by a snotty sea lion; I laid down and lost time in Tortuga Bay's white sand; I walked up 444 stairs to the lighthouse in Guayaquil, and back down; and I spent the best week and a half of my year with Joseph Williams.

It pains me to lose that height of elation now, but I'll smile because it happened.

Some pictures...

Angela