5 group members on top of Panecillo hill in downtown Quito, overlooking the old Spanish colonial district.jpg 6/19/2006

A group of voyageurs on the Shiripuno River ready for an all-day canoe trip to Nenquepare village of the Huaorani.jpg 6/19/2006

Angela, Matt and Holly posing in plaza of Quito´s oldest church, San Francisco, built in 1534.jpg 6/19/2006

Breaking camp at Quehueri Ono village of the Huaorani to move downriver in dugout canoes.jpg 6/19/2006

Group campground in tropical rainforest on Shiripuno River near Quehueri Ono village of the Huaorani Indians.jpg 6/19/2006

Group in Independence Plaza in front of presidential palace in Quito.jpg 6/19/2006

Group in front of monument on equator just north of Quito. Monument contains 5-story ethnographic museum.jpg 6/19/2006

Group photo including a few of our hosts We took them to the provincial capital for some homemade ice cream after they gave us a tour of their town.jpg 6/19/2006

Group posing in front of Rainforest Lodge in Maquipucuna Reserve northwest of Quito.jpg 6/19/2006

Group relaxing at Coca hotel after 5-day tour of Huaorani country in the Upper Amazon of Ecuador.jpg 6/19/2006

Group shot prior to leaving in Wausau.jpg 6/19/2006

Huaorani boys and members of our group bathing in pool below waterfall near Nenquepare village.jpg 6/19/2006

Huaorani elder with small spear before trading it to Ron for a Leatherman tool.jpg 6/19/2006

Huaorani women giving formal welcome to group at Quehueri Ono village.jpg 6/19/2006

Huts we slept in at Tsachila Indian Reserve near Santo Domingo.jpg 6/19/2006

In the city of Otavalo we spent two nights at a small, very nice Spanish-style hostel.jpg 6/19/2006

Jungle waterfall near Nenquepare village of the Huaorani.jpg 6/19/2006

Lisa and Judy at rim of volcano, which last erupted 2400 years ago, causing widespread devastation.jpg 6/19/2006

Members of our group on the toxic tour of oil spills in the Coca area left by Texaco and other oil companies.jpg 6/19/2006

Nick Igl, UWSP student, practicing with blow gun in Quehueri Ono village of the Huaorani.jpg 6/19/2006

On the morning of June 6th we helped out at a communal work project at the village of Huaycopung.jpg 6/19/2006

Open-air bus that picked us up at the Shiripuno River after a day and a half of canoeing.jpg 6/19/2006

Otavalo woman weaving reed mat at village of Huaycopungo.jpg 6/19/2006

Our Huaorani guide Ehueme with a small palm frond basket he wove in a couple of minutes in the forest.jpg 6/19/2006

Part of group at summit of Palmitopamba site northwest of Quito.jpg 6/19/2006

Part of group posing in front of traditonal Huaorani hut at Quehueri Ono in Amazonian rainforest.jpg 6/19/2006

Part of world-famous Indian craft market at Otavalo Group members shopped until they dropped.jpg 6/19/2006

Polygonal subterranean bath at Tulipe archaeological site built by Yumbos many centuries ago.jpg 6/19/2006

Rachel updating travel journal on edge of Inca fortress on equator.jpg 6/19/2006

Rest and lunch on a sandbar of the Shiripuno River between camps The dugout canoes were very cramped and somewhat unstable.jpg 6/19/2006

Students enjoying live music at beachside restaurant in Atacames on Pacific coast.jpg 6/19/2006

Study Abroad group and Tsachila hosts pose for photo before we left the Chiguilpe Tsachila Reserve.jpg 6/19/2006

Taxi ride in Atacames from town to beach.jpg 6/19/2006

Tsachila shaman and his apprentice preparing a ritual brew for a religious ceremony.jpg 6/19/2006

Tsachila woman explaining components of traditional Tsachila house.jpg 6/19/2006

Tsachilas playing marimba and other traditional instruments.jpg 6/19/2006

Two shaman apprentices performing traditional cleaning ceremony on Ron, who really needed it.jpg 6/19/2006

Villas where we spent two nights at the beach town of Atacames on the north coast of Ecuador.jpg 6/19/2006

Waterfall near Palmitopamba site where group bathed.jpg 6/19/2006

Weaver near one of the villages of the Otavalo Indians in the Andean highlands north of Quito.jpg 6/19/2006