We just got back from the oriente or la selva or the jungle. What amazing trip. I am a little melancholy now that we are back in Quito. We met so many wonderful people and had so many new experiences. The first day we arrived we went out with our group and our guide for a little trip up the river. We didn´t see very many animals, but we saw many birds, and many many morpho butterflies. God those are brilliant. Our group was absolutely fantastic. It was all women except for Dad and our guide, Romulo. There was a group of four brits. traveling together, two Canadian girls my age, a women from Sweden, and then Dad and I. The brits and the girls from Canada were hillarious, and we all had a blast together.
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