Baby Caiman

The Amazon Rainforest

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November 7th 2007
We arrived back from the jungle at 5am this morning after an 8 hour over night bus. Have had a few hours kip & Miles & Chris have gone out to sort out my birthday cards, so its an ideal opportunity for me to update my blog. We had a 3 day trip on the 28th October to a place called Otavallo which is famous for its open air market. It was about 3 hours on a day bus from Quito & well worth the v ... read more

South America » Ecuador » East » Cuyabeno Reserve

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more