Earthquake

Yup we felt the earthquake today--we were in a taxi and the whole car started to wobble and all the wire around us were swaying. We heard it was in Columbia and registered at 7.0....wow...another experience!!! We just got to Quito and are leaving for the jungle tonight via an all night bus ride. Can't seem to pass on any of the great adventures in Equador! Not sure where the next computer will be...we will be in the jungle 4 or 5 days...take care! And Bek, enjoy the Bahamas...like I needed to tell you that! The rest, enjoy the snow!
Love ya lots,
Mom

While in Santo Domingo de Los Colorados we were traveling by taxi to visit a local indigenous village when we heard some girls shriek alongside the road, then our driver stopped the car and we noticed that the car was still moving as if it were being buffeted by strong winds. I opened the window to see if it was windy and then noticed telephone wires and poles swaying back and forth and finally realized that we were experiencing our first tremor (temblor) in Spanish. It lasted about 15-20 seconds and later we spole with a local tourist guide who told us that it was centered in Colombia and was a 7.0 earthquake there. It was the strongest tremor that she had felt in Santo Domingo de Los Colorados in ten years. What luck! We hope there were no bad effects of the earthquake elsewhere. Now in Quito at the very modern bus station (Quitumbe Station) using their computers but will soon leave Quito for Coca where our jungle trip is scheduled to begin on Monday.
Love Dad