Mystery Picture #7

Dave and I saw this late one night in the jungle. What is it?

Answer to Mystery Picture #6

Well Schoolcrafters, I think I finally stumped you. The mystery picture is the back of a fresh water dolphin. They are also called pink dolphins. They are very interesting creatures. They are relatives of the playful ocean dolphins but they have become able to live in fresh water instead of salt water and the have developed sonar because the rivers in the Amazon basin are so full of silt that the dolphins could not see their supper of fish. They have developed sonar to sense where the fish are in the water. I am attaching a picture that I got off of the world wide web so you can see the pink dolphin a little better. There is also a very good movie at the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa7YAQ1PzrM&feature=player_embedded Thanks again for following my blog. I am going to continue to share things that I learned on my trip even though I am back home in Turtle River. It was fun to see you today.
Maggie

Mystery Picture #6

The Rainforest is a home for many interesting animals. One of my favorites was found in the river. Can you guess what it is?

Answer to Mystery Picture #5

Thanks for all the great guesses from Schoolcraft. I want you to find out the answer to the question by watching my video. Enjoy

Mystery Picture #5

What did Jorge use to paint my face?

Answer to Mystery Picture #4

Wow! Annamae's crew is right again. The picture is of a tree. It is called a walking tree. It can walk because it does not have a trunk to hold it in one place. It only had roots that connect it to the ground. When it needs more nutrients or sunlight it grows roots in the direction of the sun or food and the roots at the opposite side die letting the tree pull itself very slowly to better ground.

Mystery Picture #4

Can you guess what this interesting thing is?

Answer to Mystery Picture #3

Congratulations Annmae's class. You were correct to guess the mystery picture as a volcano. It is one of the most active in Ecuador. Dave and I could hear it thunder and explode like a bomb during our stay

Mystery Picture #3

I took this picture behind our hosteria in Banos Ecuador. Can you guess what it is?

The Answer to the Mystery Picture

Great guess Schoolcrafters. The mystery picture is a closeup of my jacket and I am waving to you from the airport on my way to Ecuador. Stay tuned for more pictures

#1 Mystery Picture Answer

The mystery picture is a portion of the Achuar head dress. It is made of feathers from the toucan. It takes 25-50 toucans to make a headress because they use only the feathers that are red and yellow in the tail. There are fewer headdresses made today to protect the toucan.

Guess what this is.

Who can guess what this is? Hint. I found it on the web while I was searching for information about Ecuador.

QQ

Playing in the snow may seem to be an unusual post for a blog about Ecuador, but I am hoping to share information about both Minnesota and Ecuador to share with the children in both places. I am hoping to take a picture everyday that followers of this blog can try and identify. Write you responses on the blog and I will provide the answer before I post the next picture. I hope you have fun following us on our trip. We will fly to Quito on Feb. 3rd.

Getting ready for Ecuador

As my husband and I are getting ready for Ecuador, we are beginning to realize the difference this trip will be, compared to other trips we have taken together. We have just completed a series of shots: yellow fever, hepatitis, and tetanus. We were coached about how to be careful when eating or drinking water in the area where we are staying. It will be a trip that will take some will power and caution, but we are very excited for the opportunity to meet people who live very differently than we live.
We will be traveling through two parts of Ecuador's diverse country. Ecuador consists of four distinct biomes. We will land in Quito, a city located in the Andes mountain range. It will be a cool climate compared to the area where we will be staying in the Amazon Basin. As we travel along the edge of the Andes mountain range south to the town of Puyo, we will be noticing the geographic changes from the active volcano region of the Andes, to the lower Amazon river basin. This area is lowland rainforest which catches the water as it comes down the mountains and channels it through numerous rivers and misty jungle.
We will not be visiting the green ocean side of the Andes along the Pacific, nor the fabulous Galopogas Islands, located many miles off Ecuador's coast. Perhaps that will be another visit, or one that you might be taking someday.
Our adventure will begin with a seven day stay at the Kapawi Eco Lodge. The web site will provide you with great pictures of the area. The youtube video will give you an idea of how the plane ride might be when we catch the plane at Puyo and travel to the edge of the Pastaza River. When we land, we will take a boat ride for about 1/2 hour to the Eco Lodge. There are no roads into this area and the people live very much like they have lived for thousands of years. I am very excited to meet them and see what I can learn about living in a rainforest.

Ecuador - Teach

Welcome to my Ecuador travel blog. I hope this is a place where you can find out some answers to your interesting questions about Ecuador, particularly the Achuar people of the Amazon Rain Forest