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... Valley . On the way we searched for some relect of the rainforest that had existed there a hundred years before , but found only scrub desert . On the other side of the valley a series of switchbacks took us up into the mountains of ...
... Valley . On the way we searched for some relect of the rainforest that had existed there a hundred years before , but found only scrub desert . On the other side of the valley a series of switchbacks took us up into the mountains of ...
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Thor Janson. into the Polochic Valley . After many hours of constant pounding our jeep arrived at the little village of Tamahu , on the floor of valley . Here we made a right turn onto an even more rustic road that led into the coffee ...
Thor Janson. into the Polochic Valley . After many hours of constant pounding our jeep arrived at the little village of Tamahu , on the floor of valley . Here we made a right turn onto an even more rustic road that led into the coffee ...
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... valley . We stood listening until the first brilliant rays of sunlight came over the horizon . It looked like it would be a clear , sunny day , a rare enough event in the cloud forest . Santiago's youngest daughter brought us hot coffee ...
... valley . We stood listening until the first brilliant rays of sunlight came over the horizon . It looked like it would be a clear , sunny day , a rare enough event in the cloud forest . Santiago's youngest daughter brought us hot coffee ...
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