November 7th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » El Coca
This is a lengthy and, could be deemed, slightly dull account of our time in the Jungle including in depth descriptions of the tribe we visited, their history, geographic info on the Amazon region a ... 10 photos [full story]

November 2nd 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » El Coca
Hej alle, Vi har mange rigtige gode billeder fra junglen (synes vi selv) som vi gerne vil dele med jer om som vi ikke kunne faa oploaded sidst. ... [full story]

November 1st 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » Tena
Gefuehlte 60°C im Schatten, Schwuele - nun faengt sie an, die Schwitzerei. Nach dem relativ kuehlen Cuenca auf 2550m ueber NN und dem fruehlingshaften Baños auf 1500m bin ich nun nach vierstuendi ... [full story]

October 18th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » Cuyabeno Reserve
Da hab ich meine Krankheitsphase hinter mich gelassen und bin auf in den Jungle. Das war leider nicht meine gewuenschte 5-tage-rumpaddeln-fischen-und-richtig-abenteuerlich-zelten-und-so. es war ein w ... [full story]

October 13th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East
Hi - this is the last of the blogs from the rainforest (slightly out of order). Flora and fauna. First the jungle was very green but there was little other colour which was unexpected. (I can hear ... [full story]

October 10th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East
The Achuar traditionally didn't live in communities at all but in isolated family groups. This has changed in the last 20 or so years and the main factor has been the influence of the Catholic church ... [full story]

October 8th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East
Hello my loves, Well we are back from Kapawi and what an experience that was! We caught a minibus from Quito and drove south east for 5 hours to a place called Shell - named after the oil co! F ... [full story]

October 5th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » Tena
Wow... The Amazon was great - we went on some long hikes through the jungle in very humid conditions - hard work, but interesting and the views were well worth it. To get there we took a 3 hour bus jo ... [full story]

October 7th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » Tena
To me, one of the most interesting things about the indigenous Quechua is their use of jungle vegetation for medicinal purposes. When I was with the Sani community, our indigenous guide, Miguel, woul ... [full story]

October 6th 2009  South America » Ecuador » East » Tena
Eh, my stomach is no bueno. But I guess this is not the way to start a blog. So let´s see...I haven´t written in ages. Soo sooo sorry, mom and dad. Where was I, the last time I wrote somethin ... [full story]