4 Recon Tour Around Project Area

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February 13th 2013

Published: February 13th 2013

Quick blog with lots of photos. A long-time habit of mine is to circle my project area from some distance, usually not this far, but helps me gain perspective. Excellent tour with Permaculture Jean Brown + Don Marcelo at the wheel.... Read Full Entry

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Geoff Elliott

Hola and welcome to the travel/monitoring blog for my February 2013 sabbatical trip to Malinguapamba (MP) in the highlands Ecuador south of Quito. The project area is in Cotopaxi Province, in the general area known as the “Cotopaxi Loop,” a popular trekking destination characterized by steep volcanic terrain, warm friendly people, and lots of chicken soup. Project coordinates are 00.82336° South and 78.86495° West at 3,300 to 3,800 meters (10,700 to 12,500 feet) elevation. The core week of my trip was spent in and around MP (Blogs 9-20) studying local geology, ecology, and water-col... full info

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