Part One

View at Santa Elena

Descending into the cloud/rain forest.

Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Mainstreet

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Raw Sugar

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Dining

This shockingly beautiful dining room was the first of many surprises at this wonderful accommodation in the rain forest.

Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Library

Ownership bought the property to preserve a large piece of rainforest.  Unfortunately, other areas of the rainforest are being lost to commercial use.

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Room #24

Very comfortable, private room with a view of the rain forest.

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Bathroom

Room #24, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Room #24

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Yellow Walking Iris

Neomarica longifolia

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Tayra

Eira barbara

Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Tayra

Eira barbara

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Tayra

Eira barbara

Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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