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On Our Way to El Oriente
We paused for a photo at Laguna de Papallacta near the hot springs in Papallacta. Now we arrived in Baeza at Casa de Rodrigo. After a long bus ride, time in the hot springs and a steep hike to a waterfall, we are all ready for a nice night’s sleep.
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Yasuni Orientation Complete
All the jovenes are fully oriented to the Sustainable Summer program and have started to set their own guidelines for how they want their group dynamic to be. Very shortly this morning we’ll all be on the bus making our way to Papallacta hot springs and then to Baeza for the night. Off to El… Read More
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Into Yasuni has Arrived in Ecuador!
Our group has just officially united in Ecuador all safe and sound!
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Sustaining the Amazon Final Post
Greetings from Banos de Agua Santa! Today marks our final full day of the Sustaining the Amazon program. Yesterday was action packed with biking the Ruta de las Cascadas, volunteering at a local literacy foundation, and a night tour up to Bellavista, the lookout point over Banos and the Tungurahua Volcano. Today, we will spend… Read More
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Leaving La Selva
Tomorrow we’re departing for Banos de Agua Santa and leaving behind our home in the rainforest for the past week. Here are a few excerpts from the group journal to tell the story (pics below): “We headed to the reforestation area and Miguel taught us about a number of different plants along with their uses…. Read More
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The Gran Canyon Hike
Fully decked out with rain boots, and walking sticks, we ventured deep into the Amazon on our longest, muddiest, most treacherous hike yet – the Gran Canyon hike. We started the hike around 9am and came back around 230pm. The first part of the hike was typical for the Amazon, steep and muddy, but it… Read More
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Off the Trail
Today the schedule was fairly straightforward. First we would head over to San Rafael falls, which is the largest waterfall in Ecuador. After that we would venture to the Magic Falls, which allows people to get as close as the wish to the giant waterfall. Afterwards we’d stop at El Chaco, a town on the… Read More
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Hiking, Hydro and Hot Springs
Greetings from the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest. Over the last 2 days we’ve been exploring this remarkable region with a couple of short hikes to waterfalls, a refreshing afternoon at the Papallacta Hot Springs, and a guided visit of the 50 MW Quijos-Papallacta dam project. Here are some pictures to tell the story: Michael lending a… Read More
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Some Photos from Orientation Day
Here are a couple more shots from today. Michael striking the ball in an afternoon soccer match:The group pausing at a scenic overlook while hiking:Connor working the video camera on a panning shot of Chiche CanyonHiking: Team building activities: We’re moving on to the town of Baeza after breakfast. The afternoon will include a visit… Read More
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Orientation in Tumbaco
Greetings from Ecuador. Our Sustaining the Amazon group has just returned from a lovely short hike into Chiche Canyon, a few minutes down the road from our guest house in Tumbaco. We’re sitting down to lunch and then will continue our orientation day with some more team-building activities and introductions to life in Ecuador. Here’s… Read More
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