Big Bugs

The Rainforest is Beginning to Feel Like Home!

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August 2nd 2007
A later start 7am and a jungle walk planned for after breakfast - yucca & eggs on the menu. We put on our wellies and headed off again in the motorised boat, setting off at around 10.30am. We entered the dense rainforest with the native guide in front clearing any vegetation away from our passageway with his machete. Every now and then we stopped either to look at a strange rainforest insect or ... read more

South America » Ecuador » East » Cuyabeno Reserve

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more