The Animals Are Small and Numerous (AKA Endemic...)

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May 19th 2008

Published: May 21st 2008

La Y de la Laguna is a community of about 30 families situated on a hill overlooking a rapidly vanishing megadiversity zone. Its heart gives rise to two sopping trailroads, in the form of a ´Y´, falling towards about 12 communities known as ¨Al Dentro.¨ It also overlooks a distinctly ´Y´ shaped laguna. Thus begins my confusion concerning what has been my home the last month, and where... Read Full Entry

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Casualties

4 Hours In

This, Is A Tree

Primary forest. DonÂ´t worry, we can just grow it back after we cut it down.

At the Schoolhouse

This is Luis, son of Victor. I sowed up his machete wound with 4 internals and 16 simple interrupteds a week before. He is nine and still does not know what to think of me.

KatyÂ´s Land

The Falls (more of KatyÂ´s Land)

And so on

Cacao (sp?)

This is where chocolate come from!

Chicita En Tahuales

The second pueblo we stopped at... did you get the email about the donations of materials?? SheÂ´s sick. (www.f-h-n.org)

The Man of Viche. Our vigilante and a trip with a great smile. The paper his is holding is a wedding invitation to a house with the zip code 90210 (think he´s going?) Viche is an almost purely Afro-Ecuadoran community...I think I am going to try to start a Vit D-Calcium campaign there and in the other Afro communities. (cloud forest = no sun)

Los Vecinos

5th August 2008

Mariela
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Hey! How you doing stranger? jaja
How is everything going andy? I sent you a mail, I don't know if you got it...hey I took a good look at your travel blog and it is great! My whole family always ask me about you, so does Ana and Claudia...I hope your are fine, alive and kicking! Please write to me so we can know about you! Kisses from your friends in Argentina (Buenos Aires) Mariela

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