Phrase of the day: Digas ese el oriente? Pienso que estuvo mas avanzado de donde vivo ahora... You call that the Jungle? I'm pretty sure it was more developed than where I am now!
The past 4 days I have been in Puyo, a relatively decent sized city (supposedly) in the jungle region of Ecuador.
The only part that had a real jungle-feel was the fact that our rooms were filled with ants:
Yes, our rooms were ridiculously nice! And although Puyo wasn't quite like the jungle experience I had imagined it would be, our hostal compound did have an electric fence around it. I mean, that makes me think of Jurrasic Park, and that's totally like the jungle, right?
I didn't take many pictures of the city itself, but only because I didn't spot any jaguars or panthers in it. However, I did take pictures of the landscape on the journey through the central highlands into the jungle region!One of the many volcanoes on the way:
As in the rest of the world, many of the developed areas are built near rivers and other bodies of water:
In case you were wondering how they cross the gorge; by a tiny cable car, naturally (no thanks!) You may have to look a bit hard to find it:
The mountains leveling out as we get closer to the transitional zone inbetween the jungle and mountainous regions:
In case you ever wondered where those little wooden crates come from, it's totally all this lady!:
Oh, I was there for a meeting because I'm part of that student government-type group. The meetings went really well, and that was productive I have felt since being in country. I'm off to San Isidro for three days, and then back on the road for a few more meetings. November will/has been horrible for work because I haven't been in my site as much as I would have liked, but that will change come December! This flower was more jungle-like, thankfully:
I totally did the cable car thing...scary, but pretty! - Marlena
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