Galapagos Brown Pelican

Marine Iguanas grabbing some shade

A Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise emerging slowly from behind a tree.

Back in mainland Ecuador, Ciudad Mitad del Mundo or the Middle of the World is located ALMOST on the equator.  Built in the early 1980s, it demarked the line where they believed the equator passed through, but since then it’s been shown to be off by about 240 meters.

The Basilica of the National Vow is the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas

Inside the Basilica of the National Vow

Brown Violetear in Mindo, Ecuador

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Crimson-rumped Toucanet