A Trip to Ecuador -- Visiting Bill and the Ground Crew

[Spirithorse]

Thank you Jeffrey, for this thread and Bill and Christine for sharing all these lovely pictures and stories with us. I too, envy those of you being able to live permanently in Ecuador.

I've been playing with the idea to come for a visit for quite some time. I'm actually at a point in life where I'm planning to completely change my way of living. I've been trying (for a long time) to find a self-sufficient, off-grid community that I could join here in England, but so far I haven't found the right place yet.

Makes me think sometimes, maybe I'm not supposed to stay in this country....?
Also, in the communities I visited so far, people live very alternatively, almost Hippie-like (not really my thing) and some do in a way people would have done centuries ago.

That's fine basically, but I really would like to join like-minded, spiritually aware people who actively want to work on making the world a better place. Not just sitting in the woods, feeding chickens and digging in the mud. Don't get me wrong here, I actually love doing all of these things, but I don't feel I want to make them my sole life's purpose, if you know what I mean.

My question to you guys is: Is there such a community or group of people in Ecuador, where a mature (and honed by life :-) person like myself, hardworking, with high ethics and a number of skills (but limited funds) would be able to join and actually be of some use?

I have to admit, I'm not a travel person, I never was, and the idea of embarking on such a journey scares me to no end, to be honest.

[chocolate]

Posted by Spirithorse (here)
Thank you Jeffrey, for this thread and Bill and Christine for sharing all these lovely pictures and stories with us. I too, envy those of you being able to live permanently in Ecuador.

I've been playing with the idea to come for a visit for quite some time. I'm actually at a point in life where I'm planning to completely change my way of living. I've been trying (for a long time) to find a self-sufficient, off-grid community that I could join here in England, but so far I haven't found the right place yet.

Makes me think sometimes, maybe I'm not supposed to stay in this country....?
Also, in the communities I visited so far, people live very alternatively, almost Hippie-like (not really my thing) and some do in a way people would have done centuries ago.

That's fine basically, but I really would like to join like-minded, spiritually aware people who actively want to work on making the world a better place. Not just sitting in the woods, feeding chickens and digging in the mud. Don't get me wrong here, I actually love doing all of these things, but I don't feel I want to make them my sole life's purpose, if you know what I mean.

My question to you guys is: Is there such a community or group of people in Ecuador, where a mature (and honed by life :-) person like myself, hardworking, with high ethics and a number of skills (but limited funds) would be able to join and actually be of some use?

I have to admit, I'm not a travel person, I never was, and the idea of embarking on such a journey scares me to no end, to be honest.

Okay, fellow friend. Than we can join forces into taking the step to visit Bill. I will start from Bulgaria, and we can than continue forward. I mean it.
Just I am not quite sure when will be good to happen (for me personally), since I have a few loose ends to tide up, temporarily at least.
But here I mean to just visit. If you decide to stay if chance permits it, it will be up to you.
Honestly, I think you can figure it out just where you are, no need to go to the other end of the world.
For myself I know I am looking for place where I will have the least amount of people, and the biggest amount of like-minded people. I do well on my own, around nature and animals, but not so well in a more social environment.

^ - ^

[naste.de.lumina]

Hey friend.

Seems to me an incredible journey. Thanks.

Have you noticed that some trees in this enchanted forest seem to have faces?

Enlarge Photo.

[Deneon]

I just want to say: I don't really know any of you, but this whole thread puts a smile on my face. Thank you for that

It also really, really makes me want to go to Ecuador!

[Hazel]

Wonderful to view the video and the joy in those faces... that now feel so familiar / bringing me closer to what it is to be part of this unity of consciousness we harness and expand with, here at project Avalon.

I did see a deeply furrowed path in my minds eye.. just might be that many of us visit you there astrally... who can tell. But not out of the realms of possibility!

Thank you Christine for bringing it to us with such heart...

[Elly]

What a beautiful group of souls. Bless you all.

Mara has captured my hearth. Such a lively cutie. <3

Jeffrey, Bill, Christine and Christian, thanks for sharing your experiences in Ecuador.

[scanner]

A real AVALON , thanks for sharing your experience Jeff . My life is so tied into the Matrix I will never see it with my own eyes . Keep the photo's coming folks, I envy you all , I know I shouldn't . All I can hope for is some stealth camping in Cumbria , that will have to do . But it's better than nothing

[Spirithorse]

Posted by chocolate (here)

Posted by Spirithorse (here)
Thank you Jeffrey, for this thread and Bill and Christine for sharing all these lovely pictures and stories with us. I too, envy those of you being able to live permanently in Ecuador.

I've been playing with the idea to come for a visit for quite some time. I'm actually at a point in life where I'm planning to completely change my way of living. I've been trying (for a long time) to find a self-sufficient, off-grid community that I could join here in England, but so far I haven't found the right place yet.

Makes me think sometimes, maybe I'm not supposed to stay in this country....?
Also, in the communities I visited so far, people live very alternatively, almost Hippie-like (not really my thing) and some do in a way people would have done centuries ago.

That's fine basically, but I really would like to join like-minded, spiritually aware people who actively want to work on making the world a better place. Not just sitting in the woods, feeding chickens and digging in the mud. Don't get me wrong here, I actually love doing all of these things, but I don't feel I want to make them my sole life's purpose, if you know what I mean.

My question to you guys is: Is there such a community or group of people in Ecuador, where a mature (and honed by life :-) person like myself, hardworking, with high ethics and a number of skills (but limited funds) would be able to join and actually be of some use?

I have to admit, I'm not a travel person, I never was, and the idea of embarking on such a journey scares me to no end, to be honest.

Okay, fellow friend. Than we can join forces into taking the step to visit Bill. I will start from Bulgaria, and we can than continue forward. I mean it.
Just I am not quite sure when will be good to happen (for me personally), since I have a few loose ends to tide up, temporarily at least.
But here I mean to just visit. If you decide to stay if chance permits it, it will be up to you.
Honestly, I think you can figure it out just where you are, no need to go to the other end of the world.
For myself I know I am looking for place where I will have the least amount of people, and the biggest amount of like-minded people. I do well on my own, around nature and animals, but not so well in a more social environment.

^ - ^

Hi chocolate,

When I was writing the initial post I was actually hoping for exactly that - that I would find somebody who also wants to go (visit) and we could do it together.... makes it much less scary for me.
I'll pm you and we can take it from there.
Thank you :-)

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

God that looks pretty.
since a little kid was always obsessed with rainforest (big scary lol).

Wanted to say, thanks for the pictures, my old boss in the mil said in those South American countries,
there are fruits that can't even survive the plane ride to USA, you have to eat them there while they are fresh;
he wanted me to know about the beauty down there and I wanted you guys to know that!

also I think it's amazing that Ecuador tried to help Julian Assange.
they sure provide a lot of nice fruit to the USA.

[sandy]

WOW!!

The only thing that could give one a greater feeling of joy while viewing this thread is an actual visit !! What I love the most is the authenticity and genuine connections amongst everyone. The energy is vibrant and full of LOVE........Thank you Everyone

[Mike Gorman]

Like everyone else, I think this looks very special indeed, congratulations for locating a blessed haven: with high speed internet too!
Middle Earth literally (Ecuador)...thanks for the pictures!

[Jeffrey]

Posted by Tesla_WTC_Solution (here)
God that looks pretty.
since a little kid was always obsessed with rainforest (big scary lol).

Wanted to say, thanks for the pictures, my old boss in the mil said in those South American countries,
there are fruits that can't even survive the plane ride to USA, you have to eat them there while they are fresh;
he wanted me to know about the beauty down there and I wanted you guys to know that!

also I think it's amazing that Ecuador tried to help Julian Assange.
they sure provide a lot of nice fruit to the USA.

Speaking of fresh fruits



There are shops like this all around. They serve freshly squeezed juices and all sorts of fruits. They've got fresh eggs (some of them look like Easter eggs; light, faded blues and greens), and you can buy raw milk that comes in a bag. Very cool!

That's "Manny" in the picture. We met him yesterday. He lives in Ecuador but he spent over ten years in NYC. It turns out that he's explored more of the US than I have!

The feedback on this thread has been wonderful -- thanks y'all.

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Posted by Limor (here)
[...] Can't wait for Jeff's counter response..

As for Bill exposing my hobbit feet ...

All I can say is that there's a little LOTR in us all.

[christian]

Posted by christian (here)
...the company of some of the most wonderful people you could come across...

One of whom is our David Allany! Eventually, I've come around and uploaded the video I recorded when we met in Ecuador last summer. Felt it would fit well into this thread.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s9m85ZRt-OU

If you wanna comment or have questions, I also just started a separate thread for that here.

[gripreaper]

- Swami Vivekananda -

?

Now, that's classic.

[Bill Ryan]

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Hi, All:

Jeff, Christine and I have just returned from a road and boat trip into the very lungs of the planet: the deep Amazon jungle, near the border with Peru. It took two days to drive there, and one long day to get back. We were there for just a day and a half.

It was a stunning experience for all of us, and is actually very hard to write about. I would very much like to share it if I can.

Jeff is preparing his own personal account, and I don't wan't to hijack his thread! But for me, the experience was powerful, deeply moving, and quite unforgettable. Jeff and I watched Jim Cameron's AVATAR again last night, and after the movie I could barely speak. The similarities to where we were were tangible and all too real.

It was a stunningly beautiful place, vibrant with life, and quite certainly full of spirit. We could all feel it at every moment. Like many reading this, I'd seen documentaries of travel in the Amazon, and felt I knew a little about it. As many of you know, I spent the first few years of my life in Africa, and have traveled widely since then. But nothing I have seen, read or encountered prepared me for the impact of this short trip.

We were in the country of the Shuar, on the Rio Nangaritza. On our river boat (long, metal, simple, and surprisingly effective), we passed under a bridge which featured this giant statue of a Shuar warrior riding a giant Toucan.



We were left wondering if Cameron knew of this, or whether this symbolic, symbiotic relationship with powerful forest creatures, now almost lost, was simply in the morphic field for him to pick up.

Between us, we have quite a lot of video and over a thousand photos. Sorting through them all took many hours. Below is a tiny, tiny, inadequately representative sample of our trip that might just give some kind of impression. Jeff has much more.

[Bob]

Great pictures Bill - thanks !! appreciate it !

[Becky]

WOW, what a beautiful beautiful place. I am blown away by the giant statue of a Shuar warrior riding a giant Toucan and how similar it is to the dragon birds in Avatar.

[gripreaper]

Cameron's movie "Avatar" does very much parallel the true reality of this planet. Pandora is earth. As you probably recall, many people who went to see it were deeply touched on a visceral DNA level, as if they were remembering, and had depression for days afterward.

I recommend everyone to see this movie. It is the only movie in the last ten years that I can say is a must see.

[chocolate]

Bill, you are killing me. Seriously!
(I so much appreciate the photos!)

I am happy all of you are alive and well.

I am finishing this 'eloquent' post (as Bobd sometimes jokes with me), and am getting to watch photos.
I'll probably watch Avatar as well.

[4evrneo]

Jeff, Bill and Christine! Much love to you for sharing this experience.

When looking at the pictures I actually became quite emotional. It is really hard to describe but its tangible and deeply embedded within me. It almost feels that I have been there before. Strange indeed.


I thought the desire to go to Ecuador just couldn't get any stronger, Wrong!

Can't wait to see more pictures!

xo