Tayrona National Park - article from the New York Times

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/travel/11Explorer.html

some excerpts below:

"Its roughly 58 square miles, carved out of the equatorial rain forest by the Colombian government in 1964, is among the most biologically diverse of any coastal zone in the Americas: dusky titi monkeys, red squirrels, collared peccaries, jaguars and 200 species of birds ranging from Caribbean toucans to red woodpeckers."

"The jewel of Aviatur’s operation is the $245-a-night Ecohabs resort, a complex of secluded huts built into the side of a jungled cliff overlooking the sea. “Before, it was just a patch of jungle with poorly maintained facilities,�? said our taxi driver, Argemiro Toncel, of Tayrona. His wife is a chef at the Ecohabs. “It’s all so much better now.�?"

By rhydewithdis on Nov 10, 2007, 16:41 in Friendly Talkzone.

Simon says on Nov 10, 2007, 19:04:

What a great article!! Thanks for sharing it!!

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LA_MONA says on Nov 11, 2007, 01:40:

Nice article!
I can't wait to visit Parque Tayrona, my friends loved it there.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

Monpirri says on Nov 11, 2007, 12:27:

100 years from now I will visit Macondo again.

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vladimiro says on Nov 11, 2007, 13:20:

The article reminds of when I was hiking through parque tayrona and noticed that something in the forest was following me. I would stop walking for a moment to listen for it, and it would stop and stay still, too. I thought it might be a person for a second until I saw that it was a monkey:)

vicshere says on Nov 11, 2007, 14:16:

a monkey following you...here's a new one...wild monkeys don't follow people..the monkey was in your pants man

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