Visiting a Choco-Embera Village

sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:04:

I don't know what happened to the edit function. I can't fix the duplicates.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:04:

sounds like a wonderful adventure, sloop. i couldn't get the photobucket to open???

tell us more. what prompted you to go there?
douglas

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:11:

Yes, it was such a nice, but tiring day, and we returned in the rain.

I had the same problem. Try this:

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/knippd/Embera%20Village/?album...

You might have to copy that link, I see it is truncated here

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:14:

Nope, it now works as it is.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:30:

works fine. what is the red flower, shown repeatedly? what prompted you to go? you did all this in one day? did you leave from...buenaventura or where?
douglas

patriarch

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:31:

The blonde lady you see in some of the fotos is Anne Gordon. She a tour guide and former movie animal trainer. She is married to an Embera and she operates http://www.emberavillagetours.com/

I was fascinated by the indigenous Inka descendants in Perú. I had a Quechua speaking tour guide there and was able to visit parts of the area around Arequipa that very few tourists ever see. I was anxious to see how these people live.

This was actually the third attempted trip with Anne. The first was a whale watching trip, but we were turned back by heavy seas. The second was another planned trip to visit the Emberas, but the second traveler cancelled at the last moment.

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:37:

No, these people migrated from Colombia in the 18th century. First to The Darien, and then some moved to Cenrtral Panamá.

We traveled first by car, from Panama City, then by dugout.

I don't remember the names of those flowers, but I used to grow them on my terrace in Puerto Rico, and even lobster claws and orchids.

We did it in a single day, but I was damned tired when I returned home.

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 05:41:

There is another Embera village, nearby. The children hike about 45 minutes, through the jungle, to go to school there.

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briarblue says on Sep 29, 2008, 06:59:

I enjoyed looking at the great photos. Looks like a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing your trip to the Embera village.

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 07:40:

Thanx, my pleasure. It was a wonderful adventure.

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MaFe says on Sep 29, 2008, 09:35:

Looks like a great experience! Thank you for sharing!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 29, 2008, 09:37:

Cool post-Thanks for sharing!

Viewing that slideshow put me 'right there'.

' a la orden!'

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 29, 2008, 10:37:

Great post sloopie.
I enjoyed watching the slideshow too.
We need more of this sort of posting.

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 11:22:

A pity that you all couln't have enjoyed more than just the fotos. Here is another video. I really skinnied the fps and resolution to keep a reasonable file size, but is viewable:

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 11:26:

This was all because they had three visitors.

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CascadeBob says on Sep 29, 2008, 11:26:

sloopskipper,

Quechua speaking guide for off the track places around Arequipa? I know this is a Colombia thread, but mind sharing your guide information for Arequipa?

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 11:34:

Sure Bob, but I was just about to step out the door. I can catch up with you later? I have lotsa pics and a slideshow, and somewhere I have business cards for guides in Arequipa, Cusco, and Machu Picchu. I think all three speak Quechua.

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 14:50:

Adolfo was my guide in the Arequipa area:



Johnny "Walker" was my guide on Machu Picchu, and Lenín in the area around Cusco. The last was reliable taxista in Lima.



Here are some of my Peruano fotos:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=cgaeflvq.c4gso30i&x=0&y=-15tlrl&lo...

If you have any specific questions, shoot me a private.

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sloopskipper says on Sep 29, 2008, 15:00:

I would highly recommend http://www.lacasademelgar.com/ if you are headed down that way. Very nice, and I paid $25US per night, including breakfast in 2005!

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