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On Aug 5, 9:36 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 1, 10:21 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 1, 7:00 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
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> > > The Sea Shepherds are out there kicking ass:
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> > >http://www.seashepherd.org/galapagos...ng_sharks.html
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> > Well, they were. That was a good bust. Unfortunately, it was after
> > that went down that President Correa instituted the "exception" for
> > "accidental" catches. Those guys would just walk now because the
> > government wouldn't be able to prove the sharks were caught
> > deliberately.
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> > gc
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> And now the government of Ecuador is cracking down on the people who
> try to enforce the ban on shark finning...
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> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...N-Ecuador-Amer...

Maybe I can visit him in jail when I'm in Quito next week. I dare not
say anything more on the subject until after I get back, lest I get
noticed by the government and put on a list of undesirables forbidden
entrance to the country. That would suck for sure.

(BTW, in case any government officials are reading this, I plan to
spend a lot of money in your bars and restaurants while I'm on the
mainland and even buy lots of cheesy wood-carved boobies (no Grumman,
not those kind) and tortoises and the like at the market in Puerto
Ayora, so please let my dollars speak louder than my words and let me
in!)

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.

On Aug 2, 7:50 am, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We stayed at the Unipark in downtown Guayaquil, which was very nice.
> We got in pretty late, so we didn't see much at night, but next
> morning I was up early and went across the street to the central plaza
> -- traditional Latin American plaza with the cathedral at one end and
> the government building at the other. The trees in the plaza were
> swarming with iguanas. In the middle was a statue of Simon Bolivar on
> horseback. I went in the cathedral, too, which was quite beautiful. As
> I came out a procession came down the street from one of the side
> chapels following a priest with a cross and chanting as they made
> their way to the main cathedral.

I think you are talking about the one plaza that we visited. Very
nice.

> There is also a very nice park and botanical garden that several of
> our group who had come down a day early had enjoyed before we arrived.
> We passed it on the way to the airport but didn't have time to
> explore, of course.

There's always next time. Or maybe not.