Village hut

Several generations live in this house, these are the grandparents. The family prefers to spend the hot part of the day in the "kitchen" - an area with a thatched roof. The oil companies have provided iron roofs for many of the huts, but it gets too hot during the day. They have a form of haphazard agriculture around their home. Tomatoes, peanuts, potatoes, bananas grow scattered around, with no attempt to corral one crop to one area.

Excursions

November 26th 2015
Geo: -0.94208, -75.3736Two long excursions today. In the morning a walk in the jungle to a family compound; observing two spider monkeys in the trees on the way. In the afternoon a long voyage in the canoe to the Ecuador/Peru border and a cruise up the Yasuni River. We saw lots of colourful and interesting bird life and a family of six pink dolphins stayed around our canoe for about 15min, wh ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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