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| Organic farm
completely self sustained with manure from animals and seeds
which are collected and replanted. The plants are very
healthy without pesticides. |
The animals live off
the land in rotating pens and as brush foragers. Primary
food source are the plants rather than grains. |
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| Local organic farmers cleaning their
free-range chicken in preparation for selling at the market. |
Animal market in Otavalo where guinea
pigs and rabbit are a local favorite. |
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Ecuadorian food: The cartilage of the bone is medicine,
glucosamine sulfate, found in food form rather than capsule. |
Among the important medicinal plants is Ayahuasca, a
powerful medicinal and ceremonial plant that has been used
by local medicine men for millenniums. It is a strong aspect
of the indigenous culture. |
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Tomato trees are a local food staple. Looks like a flowering
tree, smells like a tomato, tastes like a peachy tomato. |
Lake Cuicocha: Ecuador is a land of volcanoes, as this
lake-filled crater exhibits. The altitude in Quito is about
9300 feet which is a recipe for altitude sickness. |
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This Blue Footed Booby is a tropical seabird, it is the most
famous of birds living in the Galapagos. |
Galapagos Sea Lions are one of the most conspicuous and
numerous marine mammals on the Galapagos Islands. |
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