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Jaire and Bob making their slow way down the hill  
   

Jaire and Bob making their slow way down the hill

See the little river we're walking through? That's the path. Fortunately Bob only fell once on the slippery rocks, but no damage done. It was so humid that my camera completely stopped working. It simply would not take another shot until I took off the filter and let the lens defog a bit. You should have seen me with a plastic bag over my head extending over the camera trying to keep it dry while I took a few photos. I was so close to the controls I couldn't see what I was doing with my trifocals, so it's somewhat of a miracle that any of them turned out. Two and a half hours in the downpour was quite enough. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the swim.
Deep in the soggy, wet, gorgeous jungle

January 29th 2012
Geo: -1.04364, -77.7063Picture torrential rain on a muddy hillside. Now add a slippery rock path of steep steps and crawly, spiky, sticky things on the hillside, dropoff on the other. No, squishy mud, then drop off. Now you can put Bob & I on the trail but by now you have to add muddy water coursing down the path in brown waterfalls where it pauses in ankle grabbing pools. Yup, that's us f ... read more
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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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