Work: Macara, Bunche(Esmeraldas), Los Tayos(Pastaza) ECUADOR


JUDE WRIGHT (AUSTRALIA)
Work: Macara, Bunche(Esmeraldas), Los Tayos(Pastaza) ECUADOR
11-16 August 2000 Esmeraldas

18-23 August 2000 Pastaza
Macara
In a short stay of 2 days in His smail frindly community we tanght English + did someplanting with the kids. We were also shwn o sound and aherded a game oe sundey socces
Bunche(Esmeraldas)
In thisndelight ful town we stayed 3 days + were Jucky with the timing as it was non-stop fiesta. Here we photograped the natural arrounds to help promote eco-tourism, we also had a great journey in a dugout canoe to collect fresh water for 2 families and after dancing until 5am we attended 8am a christening of Il ninos. I had a fantastic time + met beatiful people who i miss alredy. If i ever return to Ecuador I'll be heading back to Bunche for sure.
e-mail us Los Tayos(Pastaza)
This was our forgest stay of 5 days and here we lived in the jungle with a shuar family. The aim hose was to promote eco-tourism, we were taken to see many of the natural wonders incluiding limestone cawers + walked through much of the surrounding forest. We took loads of fotos to help show off this gem of a place, I was taught 2 shuar song and discovered a lot about shuas culture. It was an unforgettable experience living with the caniras family, they + "Garcia"-(the monkey) now have permanent residency in my heaft.

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