Dipping a toe into Amazonia

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June 13th 2012

Published: July 2nd 2012

The statistics for the Amazon Basin are mind-blowing, even in what was, briefly, our infinitesimal part of it. Only 1.67%!o(MISSING)f Amazonia falls within Ecuador’s borders, yet it comprises just over half of Ecuador’s landmass. One hectare may contain more species of tree than the entirety of North America. The whole area contains approximately 5%!o(MISSING)f the world’s plants. More th... Read Full Entry

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Elizabeth Weir

Weir travels

I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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bit wet round here...

glass frog

so-called because of his transparent tummy showing off his innards... but he was too coy to let me photograph that side of him

paradise in the afternoon light

Sani Lodge

ready and waiting...

hitchhiker

on one of the Sani Lodge boats

sunset from Sani Lodge

spotted!

black caiman

white-throated toucan

My apologies for the poor picture-quality: this was taken through Juan's telescope

not what I wanted to find on my poncho

huntsman spider at the campsite, Sani Lodge

Mariscal Sucre

looking towards Catedral de la Inmaculada, Cuenca

Riobamba from Plaza 21 de Abril

en route between Chugchilán and Laguna Quilotoa

Laguna Quilotoa

Andean lakes just get better and better...

where's this village, then?

Oh, right over the far side... and we have to go ALL the way down, and ALL the way back up... On the trek from Quilotoa to Chugchilán

one of a staggering number of varieties

orchid, Sani Lodge canopy-lookout

spider with Star Trek aspirations

psychedelic roots

2nd July 2012

Nikki
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love it!
Love the shots of the butterfly and the kadydid!! Your blogs let me travel the world each day! I just got back from a few weeks in L.A. Cool, Foged over and misty at the beach - a nice break from the summer heat of Albuquerque!

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