Blogs from East, Ecuador, South America - page 26

Zoals gezegd een drukke dag vandaag: Na het ontbijt gaan we met de taxi naar de luchthaven Quito, want om 10 uur vertrekt onze vlucht naar Lago Agrio. Dit is de laatste luchthaven(tje) voordat je de jungle ingaat. De vlucht duurt een half uur (als je met de bus zou gaan doe je er 6 tot 7 uur over) en op de luchthaven van Lago Agrio worden we opgevangen door iemand van de lodge. Met de pickup-truck rijden we van Lago Agrio naar El Puente, het beginpunt van het nationaal park Cuyabeno. Deze tocht gaat eerst over asfalt (zo´n half uur ...... rest van tekst nog kwijt....... read more

So we’ve only been in South America for 3 days when we come across Charlie…an English backpacker who is part of our Jungle Trek Group. The other lucky participants of our gruelling 17hour journey to the Cuyabeno reserve in the Amazon jungle were Marc, a French Canadian student, and Sandra, Pablo and Natalie, three native Ecuadorians. The Journey It started bad, got worse, torturous even but it only took 30minutes in the jungle to make it all worthwhile. We met at the travel agency in torrential rain that would have disabled the UK transport system for weeks. We were given a lift across town to the mad, bad and chaotic bus depot. Fortunately our native Ecuadorians helped us negotiate the bedlam to get on the correct coach. Now the road out of Quito to the ... read more

hi friends. Please forgive me for this Mega-Post…but it is trying to capture 4 rad days of jungle. My journey has carved deeper into the heart of Ecuador. It has been exciting, awe-inspiring and heart breaking. After a few more bumpy bus rides we arrive in the jungle town of Tena. This is where many of the Amazon families and tours stock up on supplies. Our guide suggested we buy some food and gifts here to give to the families and schools as a token of our appreciation. My gift idea was a ball for the school children. Yeah for games! We also bought rice and beans and of course....lots of chocolate. After shopping, we met with the family we will be staying with. They are Quechan Indians that have lived in the jungle for their ... read more

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Dear friends, Shiripuno Amazon Lodge and Shiripuno Research Center, whose mission in the Huaorani Reserve is to promote ecotourism and tropical ecological studies, invite you to the very first bird survey of the Shiripuno area. . May 7-13, 2007 (Monday to Sunday) From Coca, the Shiripuno Amazon Lodge is seven hours from Coca (three hours by car and four hours by motorized canoe) The Shiripuno River is located about 75 km southeast of Coca and just outside the Yasuni National Park boundaries, has a wide variety of habitats, such as terra firme, old vàrzea, riparian forest, small oxbow lakes, clay licks, moriche swamps, and small streams. A check of the “Birds of Ecuador” by Robert S.Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield reveals that the avifauna of this area is little studied and poorly known. Our Goal: ... read more