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Humming Birds

High up above the clouds

October 19th 2012
Escaped out of the city today to hang out with some hummingbirds, hike through a cloud forest and climb waterfalls. The Bellavista reserve is a cloud forest (or pre-montane / subtropical rain forest) at the southern edge of the Choco / Andean rain forest. With an early start of 6.30am our driver Jonny picked us up from the hotel and we set off on the 50k drive to the cloud forest reserve. Whil ... read more
South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

Ecuadorian Flag 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
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