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Quilotoa Lagoon
Laguna Quilotoa, EcuadorQuilotoa was a giant volcano that blew up a very long time ago. Now water is surfacing there and creating that lake at more than 3900 meters above sea level!
May 13, 2017
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Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorSorry I forgot the name of that beautiful bird. Photo by Kathrin Lipke
May 11, 2017
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Ceiba tree
Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorThis giant tree is one of the biggest in the amazon forest. It is the same familly tree than the ones venered by the Mayans. Here the indegenous people believe that the spirit of a good person once he passes away will go to the top of the tree and the bad ones will stay at the bottom. That is also why you will not see a mother with a baby walking pass such tree.
May 11, 2017
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Jungle Baby
Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorThis weird looking tree is a kind of liane that grows around another tree and squeeze it so hard that it dies. By the time this happens the liane has enough time to grow a lot and grab another tree. Impressive isn't ?
May 11, 2017
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Pink Dolphin
Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorOne of the main reason for us to go into the Ecuadorian rainforest are the pink dolphins. They look like normal dolphins but live in sweet waters. Those protected animals do not have any predators, not even the caimans! Sadly they do not jump out of the water. Photo by Kerstin Kaifel
May 11, 2017
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That Amazonian sunset!
Lago grande, Cuyabeno, EcuadorPretty cool huh?
May 10, 2017
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Reflection
Lago grande, Cuyabeno, EcuadorThe is the big lake of the Cuyabeno Natural Reserve. We went there to watch the sunset and take a bath in that warm sweet water!
May 10, 2017
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Black river
Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorPretty hard to see again, but the water is black. Most of the Amazon forest is over a layer of clay that the rain water cannot go through. All that water forms rivers that finally go into the Amazon river. But when flowing through the jungle it carries leaf and other nnatural things that decay and create that black color.
May 10, 2017
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Monkey Bridge
Nicky Amazon Lodge, Cuyabeno, EcuadorEven though it is not easy to see on that picture, both trees are full of monkeys. They use them as a bridge to cross the river underneath literally by falling from the first tree and catching the second one. Funny to look at!
May 10, 2017
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Private Housing
Cuyabeno, EcuadorThe indigneous of that region of the amazon build their houses following this architecture. They use the open part underneath to work or so. In this case they use it to craft hammocks.
May 09, 2017
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Quilotoa Lagoon
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Ceiba tree
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Jungle Baby
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Pink Dolphin
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That Amazonian sunset!
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Reflection
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Black river
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Monkey Bridge
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Private Housing