a few new thoughts and amazing photographs from Ariana, that great Woman of the World, during her adventures in Ecuadar with the Peace Corps:

"I'm having trouble accessing my blog, so I am going back to my old method of sharing pictures. These are pictures from my recent trip to Panacocha, in the northern part of the Amazon in Ecuador. I was hoping to see pink dolphins, but we couldn´t find any. However, we did see lots of cool frogs and birds, and monkeys. It was quite an adventure, as 4 people out of our group of 10 got stung by something. I was attacked by a giant Amazon bumblebee, which stung me 4 times in the shoulder and once on my forehead. My shoulder is still a little tender. Juan got stung by a stingray and had to go to the hospital. Everyone is fine now, and Gaby tells me bee stings are good for your health! Well, I´m set for life, I don´t need any more beestings! I have some more pictures of wildlife from coastal Ecuador on my blog: http://rhiannabanana.blogspot.com and in another Shutterfly album: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9BZuGjRo2Y7c"