Hola! Just had the most amazing day! I went white water rafting on the Jondachiet and Hollin rivers in the jungle near Tena, grade three and four rivers. We went deep into the jungle and saw beautiful waterfalls, birds and butterflies. Before we even got to the river we had to trek through the jungle for about 20minutes and then we visited a secluded waterfall complete with it's own caves. There was an opportunity to jump from the top of the waterfall into ...

Hiya!I survived my time in the jungle woo hoo! I returned this morning to Tena after a seven hour journey.I've been living with a Kichwa community in Mushullakta, which is in the Cloud Forest inbetween Galeras and the Sumaco national park. To get there I had to take a bus from Tena to a little village called Papanku, which took four hours. A man from Mushullakta met me in Archidona which is close to Tena. The bus journey is very uncomfortable but the view is ...

Hola everyone! I'm currently in Tena awaiting my next trip to the jungle, this time the Cloud Forest. Tena is one of the biggest town's in the Oriente and so far my favourite one as the other's I have visited are were all dirty and smelly and full of petroleum companies. There's not much to do in the actual town but it's really nice to stroll around here and take in the sites of the surrounding jungle. I visited the Parque Amazonico "...

Remolino Grande, The Secoya Community on the River Aguarico 2nd November -16th November 2006. Day 1 My canoe journey from Puerto Gregorio to Remolino Grande (Seguaira) the Secoya Community where Gustavo was actually waiting for me was absolutely amazing if a little scary. The river is brown and doesn't seem that clean but the surroundings are really beautiful: Rainforest punctuated by the occasional wooden shacks and semi-naked brown little kids playing in ...

Hola everyone! Well everything didn't quite work out like it was supposed to! I was meant to meet the director of the company I am volunteering with to travel to Puyo and from there get a plane to the jungle in the south to live with a Shuah community. However, the plane apparently had no gasoline and Max (the director) didn't know when they would be able to get any?! He had arranged for me to go and work with a Secoya sommunity in the north where there ...