Pics of Ecuador

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Guayaquil Temple Trip/Iguana Park

At the airport

On January 16th I went to the Guayaquil Temple it was an amazing experience I loved it so much. It was weird the group of people I went with were the only ones there. I am not used to that when I go the temple you have to wait for quite awhile but here we didnt at all. After the temple we went to TGIF which was nice to have American food I miss it alot.We left early in the morning at about 7 am to go to the airport to catch a plane. The plane ride was only 30 mins but if we would have driven it would have been a 6 hour drive. I was exhausted the night before I had night shift this is where you work from 6 pm to 7 am. But on this occasion I only had to work until 6 am. At night shift you work with one other person you split the night in half. Normally one of you sleeps from 7 to 1230 and then the other from 1230 to 600 it is a long night. You have to take care of the babies just make sure that nothing happens to them and that they are getting fed. But on the 15th I slept from 630 pm to 1200 am I didnt sleep very well so it made for a long day. I was up for a total of 21 hours on the 16th I was so tired by the time I got home I took a shower and crashed.

Not only did we go to the temple but also we went to an Iguana Park. This is a park filled with Iguanas seriously there are probably 100 there they are all in the trees on the ground just everywhere. The Iguanas love for you to feed them crackers the only downfall is that they climb all over you to achieve this. At first I didnt think I could do it because I dont really like reptiles but not only did I feed it I also held it I know I cant believe I did it. I really enjoyed this fieldtrip and cant believe I only have TWO WEEKS Left time has gone by so fast!

The Last thing we did while in Guayaquil was go on a hike to a lighthouse. It was 444 stairs plus the humidity it took me awhile. It is just alot harder to breathe her I am still not all the way used to it. Also it was riduculously hot I was sweating the entire time. It is weird because it is Winter here but in Quito it is cold and on the coast like Guayaquil it is really hot like Summer. Once we got to the top it was an amazing view of the entire city. Pictures just dont show how truly amazing it is here. I will just have to commit it to memory. I just cant explain how grateful I have been for this experience it has been so rewarding.

Here is a video of me feeding an iguana.