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leaving Europe
Picture taken from the aircraft. Leaving the European continent. Reaching the...
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High above the clouds
Long flight over the Atlantic, between Europe and the America's.
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First glimp on South America
After a long flight, first time reaching South American land.
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South American river
This must be an big and long river. We can nicely distinguish the...
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Birds' eye on Quito
View over Quito upon arrival.
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Mountains surrounding Quito
Quito, 2800 meters above sealevel and surrounded by a wonderfull landscape of...
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Houses of Quito
Seen from the sky.
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Church of Santo Domingo - Quito
Plaza & church of Santo Domingo - located in the colonial heart of Quito.
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plaza & church Santo Domingo
Colonial Quito by daylight. In the middle of the plaza is the statue...
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Presidential Palace - Quito
Located at the Plaza de la Independencia is the Palacio del Gobierno....
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Guard at the Presidential Palace - Quito
Guards in uniform in the colors of Ecuador. Preparing for the ceremony.
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military ceremony - Quito
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the ecuadorian colors
yellow representing the sun, Blue the water of the ocean and red the blood...
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colonial style - Quito
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Observatory - Quito
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Monastery of San Francisco - Quito
View by night.
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Airport of Lago Agrio
Arrival in Oriente's airport of Lago Agrio. Coming from cold and rainy...
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Ranchera
This popular vehicle for transportation from Lago Agrio to the Cuyabeno...
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Lago Agrio - Cuyabeno Nat'l Park
Only a short part of the traject was possible with our Ranchera. Heavy...
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Gap in the road
This is the damaged road. We crossed the river on our own force...
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Crossing the river
When the only road is gone. People who have to be on the other side of...
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Other transport
An other transportation mode to continu the way to the Cuyabeno Nat'l park.
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Continuing backward
For only a few 100 meters. Then turning this bus on a very small road, to...
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El Puente
bridge where motorised canoes pick us up to go to our camp-site...
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Cuyabeno river
From El Puente to the base camp in a 3 hours boat trip.
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Excursion Cuyabeno
Very nice walk in the jungle.
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Amazonian Tree
This is the jungle feeling. High trees, green, rubber boots,...
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tropical flower
With very beautiful vivid colors.
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Trees
Tropical tree with lianas.
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tropical vegetation
in the rainforest of cuyabeno national park
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tropical flower
cuyabeno national park
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close up from tropical vegetation
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rich tropical vegetation
cuyabeno national park
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natural colors
this tropical fruit contains seeds which are used to color tissues.
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nests of black bees
hanging like "long bags" in the trees in cuyabeno national park you...
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lianas
tipical tree with lianas hanging down to the ground. Compare it with...
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storage space for rubber boots
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José
explaning some things about survival and different plants in the jungle.
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nest of ants
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caterpillar
the 4 cm long specimen is preparing to become a nice butterfly
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look careful
and discover the camouflage frog. You can imagine a sharp ability for...
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termitarium
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frogs view
through the leaves of the tropical trees around
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discovering the rainforest
absolute need = rubber boots
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camouflage frog
small and very anxious frog
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medicine man
good knowledge of the vegetation : the juice of this tree is known as a good...
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immense roots
of a very big tree
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fishing
the beauty of catching a piranha. After the picture was the release
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sunset in cuyabeno
game of light and colors above one of the lakes in cuyabeno national park
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sunset in cuyabeno
constantly changing light and intensity, a moment to become silent
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sunset in cuyabeno
the sun is almost gone now, last light and the darkness is coming in a very...
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baby tarantulla
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small monkeys
look careful and discover the monkeys we met on the border of the cuyabeno river
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travelling back to lago agrio
passing one of the villages developed together with the oil pipeline through...
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passing the equator
little monument placed by the petro-industry
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ranchera with Anita & Alfredo
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front view of our ranchera
on top some crazy tourists catching some sunburn
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THE EQUATOR
All details
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damaged road
And yes, on the way back there was another part of the road which was damaged...
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some adventure
That's also part of the adventure. Hiking a few kilometers after...
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preparing to leave lago agrio
Flying TAME
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fly high
view on one of the Andes tops covered with snow
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