Stories That Cross Boundaries
Viento Solar is a natural reserve in the Caribbean department of Córdoba in northern Colombia. For decades, it has served the community and offered a peaceful, bountiful, natural space in the jungle that hugs the coast. Secluded and untouched, Viento Solar is a dream destination for those looking for a rustic, traditional experience. NATURAL RESERVE… Continue reading Viento Solar, Córdoba
Photographs of my second boat trip in Brazil, from Manaus, in the Amazon, to Belém, on the mouth of the Tapajós River near the Atlantic coast. Read the story of this journey here./Fotografías de mi segundo viaje en barco en Brasil, de Manaus, en el estado de Amazonas, a Belém, en la desembocadura del río… Continue reading Stories That Cross Boundaries: From the Amazon to the Atlantic
Día 1 Mi salida de Manaus en la mañana del 23 de diciembre de 2015 no fue lo que me había imaginado. Sentada en la cubierta del Amazon Star, el barco que me llevará a Belém, casi a la media noche, no dejo de pensar en el robo de mi última noche allá. A pocos… Continue reading Vida Nómada: Del Amazonas al Atlántico
Creciendo en los 80s y 90s, siempre me dijeron que podía hacer y ser lo que quisiera, y me lo creí. A mi generación siempre nos dijeron que el mundo era nuestro, que podíamos llegar a la luna si es lo que queríamos, que todo era posible; siempre nos dijeron que los únicos límites que… Continue reading Vida Nómada: Persiguiendo Cascadas en el Amazonas
Photographs of my journey over the Amazon River, from Leticia, in Colombia, to Manaus, in Brazil.
Tayrona National Natural Park, located in Colombia's Magdalena department on the northern Caribbean coast, is one of the country's most popular parks. /El Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, ubicado en el departamento del Magdalena en la costa norte del Caribe colombiano, es uno de los parques más populares del país. Travellers usually begin their journey to… Continue reading PNN Tayrona
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.
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.
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.
Los jóvenes indígenas a quienes acompañamos durante las dos semanas del taller, fueron escogidos por sus comunidades para realizar el trabajo de investigación y digitalización de la formación del Régimen Especial de Manejo (REM) para su territorio, el resguardo y Parque Nacional Yaigojé-Apaporis. * The young indigenous men we stayed with during the two weeks… Continue reading Amazonas: Talleres & Entrevistas / Workshops & Interviews
Laura Restrepo Ortega 