Brigada, animales, misc pics

This is sort of a tag on miscellaneous post with mostly pictures from my last medical brigade and some great pics mostly taken by the other volunteer doc Eddie:

-Here's me ready to hit the trail brigada style. The bigote helps me stay on the horse better and I think I look pretty ecuadorian actually.


-Some of the great wildlife we saw on this brigada. This dude was just chillin (as most sloths do) under a foot bridge. I was going to pick him up but he was covered in bugs. Another pic to follow with he and I together.

-Some of the scenery along the way. It is beautiful here...

...but these coastal cloud rainforests are around 95% deforested. Roads in means better access to healthcare, jobs, and ability to grow crops to sell, but it also means they sell the wood from the forest to americans and europeans.

-Some of the cute kids from the community of Los Angeles. They love to have their picture taken. I later treated them all for intestinal parasites.

-There is beauty in abundance here in the forests. Mother nature put on a great show with this sunset one evening in La Y.

-This chicken was wondering what was cooking in the kitchen (she better watch out, because tomorrow it could be her). She later wanted a closer look at me as you can see in the last post.

The End