Thursday, 19 September 2013
Entering the Tambopata National Reserve in the Amazon Rainforest, Peru
Tambopata National Reserve is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin south of the Madre de Dios River in Tambopata Province's Inambari and Tambopata districts. It was created on January 26th 1990 to protect the forests adjacent to the rivers Heath and Tambopata
that have two important ecosystems and are noted for its biodiversity,
representing native flora and fauna with 165 species and 41 families of
trees, 103 species of mammals, 1300 species of butterflies and 90
species of amphibians.
Access is from Puerto Maldonado, where one can get to the preserve via the Tambopata River.
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Scarecrow Festival, Kettlewell, Yorkshire Dales
Kettlewell’s famous scarecrow festival has this year’s themes as signs
of the zodiac for adults and children’s books for
youngsters.kettlewell scarecrow festival
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