Canoe ride

Big day

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November 28th 2015
Geo: -0.632648, -75.7758Started Saturday with a pre-breakfast trip to a riverside clay lick where birds (and other critters) go to replenish various mineral salts in their system. Then a trip into the jungle to another clay lick where we watched from a purpose-built "hide". Finally in the late afternoon a paddle canoe voyage to an eco-resort to view more wildlife.For the first time ... 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