“Amazon Boatman”. This indigenous Kichwa boatman was our taxi on a recent trip to the Amazon region of Ecuador. It was amazing the control he had over his dugout canoe, which was probably 30 feet long. At one point we had all given up hope when we were caught in the jungle during a flash flood, but he got us out. All without changing facial expressions. Location: San Jose De Payamino, Orellana, Ecuador. (Photo and caption by Howard Stanton/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
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