Photos of my 2015 visit to the municipality of Nuqui on Colombia's Pacific coast. Nuqui and its surrounding townships are each inhabited by fewer than 8,000 people, mostly Afro-descendents and indigenous communities.
Tag: jungle
Jungle Beach / Playa Selva
Colombia's Pacific coast is a jungle-covered stretch of mountainous land, adorned with rocky bays and pristine rivers flowing down to the warm ocean.
Yaigojé-Apaporis: Protegiendo la Selva Colombiana / Protecting the Colombian Jungle
In May 2014, I had the opportunity to return to the Colombian Amazon, this time working as a translator for a documentary film on mining and the significance of gold for the indigenous ethnic groups of the Yaigoje-Apaporis territory and National Natural Park.
Rana Kokoi / Kokoi Frog (Dendrobates histrionicus), Chocó
Walking through the dense, virgin jungles of Colombia's Pacific coast is no easy task, but it's entirely worth climbing Carrizalito, a mount whose peak is under 300 masl, to see the colourful and poisonous Kokoi Frogs (Dendrobates histrionicus) in their natural habitat.
Amazonas 2012
Nuestro viaje por el Amazonas deja atrás la selva colombiana para incluír a Perú y Brasil, nuestros vecinos amazónicos, y darnos una experiencia única, fascinante, y adornada por la mezcla de las tres culturas y sus tradiciones, del castellano, el portugués y el ticuna, y de la vida en la selva más espesa y grande… Continue reading Amazonas 2012
Laura Restrepo Ortega 