Pato is bringing our canoe to the dock this morning at dawn
Paddling up the creek back to the Napo River
Tamarind monkeys
Napo Wildlife Center
"Our" canoe group with Pato (Paddler), Robbie (naturalist guide) & Mariano our Kichwa guide
At the Equator
Hacienda Zuleta studyHello all. We've gone from the jungle to the mountains - all in one day. Woke up this morning in a thatch roofed cabana in the Amazon and am about to turn in in a spectacular hacienda way up in the Andes Mountains. What a world we live in! So, breakfast at 5:30 and in a canoe at 6:00. An hour and a half up the small river and then transfer to a motarized boat for a 2.5 hour trip back up the Napo River to the town of Coca. Finally a 1/2 hour flight back to Quito. Met up with our bus driver who had collected all our bags we left behing at the Hilton and headed North. We went to La Mitad del Mundo (The Center of the Earth) where you can stand with one foot in the Southern Hemisphere and one foot in the Northern Hemisphere. We've heard that the French (who said this was the absolute Equator) actually messed it up. When they did GPS readings the place described as the Equator was actually slightly off. It was too late to change the place where the had set up the fancy monument so we went where it was and took the obligatory pictures.
Anyway, the Hacienda Zuleta is a 16th century mansion that has so many antiques and old wood carved furniture that you almost can't believe it. We just had a fantastic dinner and after dinner coffee/tea in front of a crackling fire place. We'll have 3 nights here and then 2 more nights before we head back home.
We heard about the earthquake in Chile and it's a tragedy but absolutely no effect on us.
The Napo Wildlife Center had internet but wanted $50 for the 3 days we were there so I waited and it's free here at the Hacienda. So, I'm sending this off and I'll try to upload some images. I've updated some of what we did today. Over the next few days I'll try to update with exactly we were doing at Napo. Off to bed so adios, amigos y amigas!
Anyway, the Hacienda Zuleta is a 16th century mansion that has so many antiques and old wood carved furniture that you almost can't believe it. We just had a fantastic dinner and after dinner coffee/tea in front of a crackling fire place. We'll have 3 nights here and then 2 more nights before we head back home.
We heard about the earthquake in Chile and it's a tragedy but absolutely no effect on us.
The Napo Wildlife Center had internet but wanted $50 for the 3 days we were there so I waited and it's free here at the Hacienda. So, I'm sending this off and I'll try to upload some images. I've updated some of what we did today. Over the next few days I'll try to update with exactly we were doing at Napo. Off to bed so adios, amigos y amigas!
Glad you put the little blurb in about the earthquake in Chile. I assumed you were far enough North to be unaffected, but was worried nonetheless. Have a great time in your remaining days - looks amazing!
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