Photos taken by Eleniki

Yellow blackbird

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Capuchin monkey

One of eight species of monkey we saw in one day

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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On the river

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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More roots

The water is very murky, making it an unattractive prospect for falling into

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Aerial roots

An ingenious way of getting water - these trees send down roots straight to the source

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Hoatzin

This strange, awkward, turkey-like bird gathers on riverside branches in groups

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Net

Our room in Samona Lodge, Cuyabena

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Laguna trees

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Release

Even the guide couldn´t believe what we were seeing - the anaconda lost concentration in our presence, and the caiman got free

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Death struggle

But it was wrapped around something - there was a caiman in its folds and the snake was slowly asphyxiating it

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Anaconda and caiman

We came round a bend in the river and there it was - a giant anaconda on the bank, wrapped around a caiman

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Hanging nests

These are birds' nests

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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On the river

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Quito, nightfall

And just like that, about 15 minutes later, night falls - no lingering dusks in Ecuador

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Panorama of Quito

Cafe Mosaic may be a hard climb to reach, but well worth the effort once you´re installed on the terrace, margarita in hand

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Quito

from the teleferico

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Happiness is......

seeing my fella again

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Horses on Pichincha

Pichincha is the extinct volcano above Quito, reached by tereferico cable car

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Above the city

1000 metres below, Quito sprawls along the valleys

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Avenue of the volcanos

Quito sprawls in linked valleys surrounded by extinct, dormant and active volcanoes

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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City haze

Home to some 3 million people, it is a huge urban sprawl, with shanty town suburbs that go on for miles

• Date: 10 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Quito, Ecuador: gallery
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Colonial Cuenca

• Date: 9 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Cityscape. Cuenca

• Date: 9 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Cuenca streets

• Date: 9 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Street terrace, Cuenca

• Date: 9 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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