A view of Tarapoto just after takeoff, from the back right seat of a 3-passenger Cessna plane.
Lev in the front right seat of the Cessna.
Ascending...
A self-portrait in the Cessna not too far from Tarapoto.
A second self-portait, this time with a smile; notice the Tarapoto-Yurimaguas highway below.
Flying between the peaks on our way to Yurimaguas.
Another view of the Tarapoto-Yurimaguas highway.
Another view of the peaks as we head toward the lower lands of Yurimaguas.
Notice that we are flying just barely below the level of the clouds...
On the left, the highway, and on the right, the river basin of a tributary of the Paranapura River.
Leaving the peaks behind for the lower lands around Yurimaguas.
A very heavy, very localized rainstorm.
Notice the hairpin curves of the Paranapura... this is why river travel can take so much time to go a relatively short straight-line distance in the jungle!
A bird's-eye view of the highway blockade.
Another view of the blockade.
Zooming in on the blockade
Zooming in closer on the blockade
Seconds before touchdown in Yurimaguas.
A view out the back window as we touch down.
