Curiosity - Night Monkeys with eyes for the job

Into the Amazon

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September 7th 2012
Geo: -1.37865, -75.8716We just spent 5 days in Yasuni National Park in the heart of the Amazon at the Napo Wildlife Center (NWC). We will describe our first few days in the Amazon in this posting and finish it off in another posting.We were greeted in the airport by our naturalist guide Juan Carlos immediately upon our arrival in Coca, taking a bus to our launch point on the Napo river - one ... 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