Photo: Rick at La Casona
July 12, 1992 We joined up with Piet, a Netherlands man living in Quito, for a hike to a highland rainforest in Carchi. There were 10 people total. Because we had larger backpacks, Rick and I carried much of the food. Part of what I had was cooked rice and spaghetti sauce. We took a bus to El Angel.
The next morning we all took a pickup to the paramor. From there we hiked down into the rainforest, the land that is owned by Piet. It rained much of the time we were in the rainforest, and the trail (??) had to be hacked out by Piet with a machete. When we emerged from the rainforest late in the day, the rain stopped. We stayed in a hut that belonged to Piet.
Photo: Ralph at La Casona
Photo: Pickup ride, Piet on right
Photo: Countryside near Angel
Photo: Rick and Paramor plants
Photo: Paramor
Photo: Trekking through Paramor
Photo: Piets cabin
Photo: Piets land
Photo: Piet and Ralph
Photo: Rick on path
Map: South America Trip
