Back home safe and sound!

We all made it back home today. The trip home was not the best since half of us were suffering from some kind of stomach bug. However, we are all back home safely and are facing the job of masses of laundry, organizing our photos, and generally unpacking! I hope to publish a few map images and photos from the trip over the next week.

Week Three

Click on the image to take a closer look or download a Google Earth view of the third week's locations.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:48.4522
Longitude:-123.327
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:04/03/2008 12:54:58 (America/Vancouver)

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Back in Quito

We have returned from our Andean tour and are packing and getting ready for the trip home which starts early tomorrow morning (leaving the hotel at 4AM!). The weather was a bit cloudy and rainy so we did not get good views of the volcanoes, but we had fun at the market and also at El Porvenir near Cotopaxi.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.2032
Longitude:-78.492
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:04/01/2008 13:43:56 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.2032,-78.492&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.5415
Longitude:-78.4721
Nearest Location: Hacienda Santa Ana, Ecuador
Distance: 2 km(s)
Time:03/30/2008 15:49:45 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.5415,-78.4721&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:0.0
Longitude:-78.175
Nearest Location: La Josefina, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/30/2008 10:05:37 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=0.0,-78.175&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.0231
Longitude:-78.1705
Nearest Location: Hacienda Guachal*, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/30/2008 05:48:56 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.0231,-78.1705&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:0.252
Longitude:-78.2451
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/29/2008 14:18:43 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=0.252,-78.2451&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:0.2318
Longitude:-78.2624
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/29/2008 11:05:09 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=0.2318,-78.2624&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.0233
Longitude:-78.1705
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/28/2008 19:43:51 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.0233,-78.1705&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:0.0545
Longitude:-78.3051
Nearest Location: Hacienda Cochasqu*, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/28/2008 09:38:20 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=0.0545,-78.3051&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Quito again

We returned to Quito last night after a very successful Galapagos section of the trip. We had magnificent snorkelling in warm waters and saw many wonderful sights including dolphins at our bow on the last day! We are off to the Otavalo region (north of Quito) today and then to the Cotopaxi region (South of Quito) on Sunday. I expect that some shopping for souvenirs in in the offing!

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.2065
Longitude:-78.4898
Nearest Location: Gu*pulo, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/27/2008 17:13:15 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.2065,-78.4898&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Week Two - Galapagos Islands

Click on the image to take a closer look or download a Google Earth view of the second week's route.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.5808
Longitude:-90.1632
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/26/2008 12:40:13 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.5808,-90.1632&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.8048
Longitude:-90.0377
Nearest Location: Bah*a de la Academia, Ecuador
Distance: 32 km(s)
Time:03/26/2008 05:25:09 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.8048,-90.0377&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Puerto Bacquerizo Moreno

We are in port for the afternoopn in the sleepy capital of the Galapagos. We had a nice visit to an interpretation centre and a wander through the village. We have had wonderful land excursions and great snorkelling in waters ranging from 25 to 28 C!

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.8983
Longitude:-89.6132
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/25/2008 13:52:52 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.8983,-89.6132&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.8983
Longitude:-89.6132
Nearest Location: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/25/2008 12:55:10 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.8983,-89.6132&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.8575
Longitude:-89.5658
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/25/2008 07:37:54 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.8575,-89.5658&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.857
Longitude:-89.5653
Nearest Location: El Progreso, Ecuador
Distance: 5 km(s)
Time:03/25/2008 05:52:04 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.857,-89.5653&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-1.3476
Longitude:-89.6566
Nearest Location: San Crist*bal, Ecuador
Distance: 49 km(s)
Time:03/24/2008 17:32:09 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-1.3476,-89.6566&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-1.3439
Longitude:-89.6483
Nearest Location: San Crist*bal, Ecuador
Distance: 48 km(s)
Time:03/24/2008 10:21:20 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-1.3439,-89.6483&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-1.3686
Longitude:-89.7428
Nearest Location: San Crist*bal, Ecuador
Distance: 54 km(s)
Time:03/24/2008 05:55:55 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-1.3686,-89.7428&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-1.2381
Longitude:-90.3883
Nearest Location: Friedo, Ecuador
Distance: 3 km(s)
Time:03/23/2008 17:08:49 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-1.2381,-90.3883&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-1.2219
Longitude:-90.4295
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/23/2008 08:01:18 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-1.2219,-90.4295&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Academy Bay

We are in Academy Bay on santa Cruz island in the Galapagos. It is quite hot here! Water was 28C and the air is any where from around 25 to 35 C! We have had some great snorkels and walks.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.7489
Longitude:-90.3091
Nearest Location: Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:03/21/2008 18:48:19 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.7489,-90.3091&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.6015
Longitude:-90.537
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/21/2008 14:06:12 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.6015,-90.537&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.6014
Longitude:-90.537
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/21/2008 13:30:26 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.6014,-90.537&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.5315
Longitude:-90.5156
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/21/2008 08:32:25 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.5315,-90.5156&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.5268
Longitude:-90.4935
Nearest Location: Santa Cruz, Ecuador
Distance: 16 km(s)
Time:03/20/2008 20:14:32 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.5268,-90.4935&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.4014
Longitude:-90.2903
Nearest Location: Seymour, Ecuador
Distance: 2 km(s)
Time:03/20/2008 17:20:41 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.4014,-90.2903&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.4872
Longitude:-90.2843
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/20/2008 13:19:19 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.4872,-90.2843&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

The first week - mainland Ecuador

Click on the image to take a closer look or download a Google Earth view of the first week's route.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.1832
Longitude:-78.5385
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/19/2008 09:32:25 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.1832,-78.5385&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Back from the jungle

We just returned from a wonderful trip to the jungle. Everyone is well. The wildlife was spectacular - 6 kinds of monkeys, toucans, macaws, sloths, river dolphins and much more.

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.2065
Longitude:-78.4898
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/18/2008 16:25:48 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.2065,-78.4898&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.0096
Longitude:-76.1816
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/17/2008 11:23:23 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.0096,-76.1816&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.0097
Longitude:-76.1816
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/16/2008 12:21:29 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.0097,-76.1816&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.3623
Longitude:-78.1486
Nearest Location: Papallacta, Ecuador
Distance: 2 km(s)
Time:03/14/2008 13:55:15 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.3623,-78.1486&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

OK ESN:0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:-0.2065
Longitude:-78.4896
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:03/14/2008 06:17:57 (America/Vancouver)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-0.2065,-78.4896&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Arrival

After 9 hours in the air and several more in airports, we have arrived safely at our base in Quito - The Fuente de Piedra I hotel. All the bags arrived too so we are set to head east to the Amazon basin tomorrow morning for 4 days. I will be testing out the SPOT device soon!

Two more days to go!

Well, two more days to go and we are excited to be almost on our way. Much time is being spent packing, organising and repacking. We leave the school at 14:50 and will be heading to Ecuador via Seattle and Houston, arriving in Quito in the evening of March 13th.

The SPOT stallite tracker (http://findmespot.com/) will be posting the OK messages to this blog as we move around. I hope that we will have one or two position postings per day.

I hope to post some news to the blog as we move around as well.

OK Unit Number: 0-7349589

SPOT Check OK. The SMUS group is well!
Unit Number: 0-7349589
Latitude: 48.4218
Longitude: -123.2393
Nearest Town from unit Location: Unknown
Distance to the nearest town: Unknown
Time in GMT the message was sent: 03/02/2008 19:16:49

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