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Living Alone With the Amazon Waorani Tribe for a Week.

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May 29th 2017
My body was aching from the day's bumpy journey and three weeks of lugging around my 50 lb backpack. I collapsed in a heap, sprawled on the bottom of the boat toward the bow, staring skyward at the big jungle rainclouds. At the other end of the dugout canoe were my new friends Anna, Mario and their three year old daughter Flora. I checked in and out of sleep, we floated silently for five hours or ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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