galapagos, ecuador

well it has been an extremely long time since I updated this thing, so here goes...

Since I got back from Esmereldas, I spent about a week in Quito looking for volunteer work or possibly a permanent job here after the mission trip in October... but to no avail.

Then last week my cousin Andrea came and we went to the Galapagos for 8 days. It was amazing! We spent the week on a boat sailing from island to island. We probably went to about 10 or 12 different islands and saw all kinds of crazy animals- everything from sea lions and seals to birds with blue feet, to huge iguanas and turtles (both land and sea). I even got to snorkle with the sea lions, turtles, and one day even some sting rays and a shark! The islands themselves were really interesting, all made out of volcanic rock and filled with (mostly dormant) volcanos. Some of them were filled with vegetation while others were totally bare and looked like the moon. The whole experience was really amazing.

I have spent the weekend back in Quito with Andrea, who just left last night and today I am going with my friend Adrienne´s friend who is in the peace corps to visit some of her friends who are doing health work in some smaller towns a few hours outside of Quito for 4 or 5 days. It should be very interesting. Thats all for now.

Hope everyone is doing well with new jobs and school and all. Its crazy how fast time is going by. I will be home in only 5 more weeks!
xo