Arriving at Hotel Mandalay 1941 feels less like checking in and more like stepping into a pause between forest edges. The road from Pereira winds through coffee farms and humid green folds, and by the time the hotel appears, bird calls already dominate the soundscape. Mornings begin with mist lifting off the hills and movement… Continue reading Hotel Mandalay 1941 near Pereira: the base for Otún Quimbaya
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In search of Screaming Piha at Ponta Poranga Jungle Lodge/ Manaus
It was barely light when we set out—boots wet from dew, binoculars slung tight, and the air thick with humidity. The forest around Ponta Poranga Jungle Lodge was still in shadow, but somewhere ahead, the call of the Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) pierced the trees. We had come for that unmistakable, electrifying sound—a siren song… Continue reading In search of Screaming Piha at Ponta Poranga Jungle Lodge/ Manaus