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June 18, 2005

The Mighty Jungle - Day 7

We woke up to the sounds of Jhon, Angel and Andres hard at work. Instead of having the canoe disappear with the masses of rainwater, it was now stranded as the river had receded quite a lot during the night....

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Posted by kvabo on June 18, 2005 05:08 PM
Category: Ecuador

The Mighty jungle - Day 6

All good things must come to an end, and this was really an uneventful day... On our jungle walk this morning, Jhon had to chop his way through every metre of the thick jungle. Clearly not an established path... Between...

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Posted by kvabo on June 18, 2005 12:34 PM
Category: Ecuador

The Mighty Jungle - Day 5

We enjoyed a leisurely morning before packing up camp and setting off upriver to find our next one. I guess we were out at a good time of day, as we happened upon a large family of monkeys playing around...

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Posted by kvabo on June 18, 2005 11:54 AM
Category: Ecuador

June 16, 2005

The Mighty Jungle - Day 4

By 8:30am we were already out and about on what turned out to be our most eventful day in the jungle. We were taken upstream by Captain Andres, and immediately set out on our walk, slowed down by the need...

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Posted by kvabo on June 16, 2005 11:17 AM
Category: Ecuador

June 14, 2005

The Mighty Jungle - Day 3

We got up bright and early to move camp before the heat got too oppressive, and found the perfect spot near a sandy beach down a tributary river to the Shiripuno. Same procedure as yesterday, with the boys chopping while...

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Posted by kvabo on June 14, 2005 10:52 AM
Category: Ecuador

The Mighty Jungle - Day 2

We woke up to find our canoa gone, abducted while we slept by the river that also nearly got our tents. With the whole group crossing our fingers, Jhon and Andres swam downstream and found the canoa a couple of...

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Posted by kvabo on June 14, 2005 10:18 AM
Category: Ecuador

June 12, 2005

The Mighty Jungle - Day 1

We were picked up at 8am by our guide Jhon (28), his brother and our cook Angel (26), and a driver. Apart from the six of us plus all our gear & food, a Hoarani woman and her baby daughter...

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Posted by kvabo on June 12, 2005 04:39 PM
Category: Ecuador
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