Thanks all.  Writing it was fun since I got to relive the adventure.  I don't normally write much in my daily life and definitely not for myself, but I found with this report that I liked summing up the days as it helped me process and reflect what occurred.

Ok, back to wishful searching for DS bikes online...

Fantastic write up!  Great eye for composition!

Thanks for posting.

I enjoyed every picture and well crafted word.

And... your boots definitely look happier for having made the journey 

Quote from: 1.21GW on February 17, 2015, 07:51:09 PM

Ok, back to wishful searching for DS bikes online...

and so the sickness begins...

Awesome pictures, looks like an amazing trip!

Reminded me (a bit) of my native Taiwan... green and mountainous, the opposite of where I am now 

Quote from: eric on February 18, 2015, 05:12:06 PM
Awesome pictures, looks like an amazing trip!

Reminded me (a bit) of my native Taiwan... green and mountainous, the opposite of where I am now 

Thanks, Eric. Your Alaska trip was one of many that inspired me to get into ADVing.

So it turns out that the RAW image copies that my camera saved did contain color information.  I just needed to open them in Photoshop to extract the color.  So I guess i'm not the complete idiot I thought I was, still just only half of one. 

Anyway, I wanted to prove the point that Ecuador is indeed a very colorful country, but without flooding the Official Post a Picture Thread:

Quilotoa Lake


Plaza San Francisco (Quito)


Mountains near Sigchos


Mountains just outside of Quito


Hills of Angamarca


Town of Salinas


Houses in Alluriquin




Lowlands on day 2 (forgot name of town)


My last Ecuadorian sunset; taken in Montanita

Moar color pics, por favor. 

Wow...just effing wow.

Quote from: ducpainter on February 21, 2015, 05:41:18 PM
Wow...just effing wow.

Yeah, pretty g'damn beautiful country, ain't it?

Quote from: Speeddog on February 21, 2015, 05:36:05 PM
Moar color pics, por favor. 

Burrito (the other kinda) in Salinas


Cattle in lowlands near Pucayacu


Chicken near Quilotoa Lake


Chimborazo


Donkey parked outside the Salinas cheese facility


Girl in Pucayacu market


Don Bosco school and furniture shop


Cow along the south coast highway.  Even in the drought, very colorful.


Colorful laundry drying in Montanita


Looking down at roads leading to Angamarca


And of course, the $1 llama shot...in color!

...and this one is for Kopf.   Typical scenery in Montanita:




Maybe it can make it into his rolodex for "avatar of the day"?

I'm glad you did the B&W pics first.

Kinda like a good dinner, then the color pics as dessert. 

 Wow!!

Quote from: 1.21GW on February 21, 2015, 08:09:39 PM
Burrito (the other kinda) in Salinas


Donkey parked outside the Salinas cheese facility

this thread just keeps getting better

Quote from: Speeddog on February 21, 2015, 08:46:20 PM
I'm glad you did the B&W pics first.

Kinda like a good dinner, then the color pics as dessert. 

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