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Hoatzin
This is the very prehistoric looking Hoatzin. I'd been looking forward to seeing these for a while and it was great seeing them in the flesh.
22nd October
October 22nd 2009 5 pm, the gold mining town and jungle port of Puerto Maldonado. Tucked inside the Amazon basin, the heat here is stifling. Sat on a bed, one eye on the TV watching Rocky V, one eye out of the window, taking in the mighty rio Madre de Dios. We’ve just spent 3 days and nights in the jungle, and reflecting upon it, I seem to have mixed feelings about this particular excursion.
Entering the jungle
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