Tena, the capital of the Napo Province, is a city in the Amazon rainforest. Known as the “cinnamon capital" of Ecuador, and originally founded by missionary explorers, Tena has emerged as a major commercial center of Ecuador. It is home to a regional hospital and many tourist related businesses, including a small airport and a vital bus terminal.
Tena is a popular launching point for jungle, kayaking and rafting tours in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest region. The entry to the city is marked by a statue of the indigenous hero Jumandy, who led an uprising against the Spanish colonizers in 1578 and was subsequently executed.
At the confluence of the Tena and Pano rivers in the center of town lies a popular pedestrian bridge, "el puente peatonal". The rivers become the Tena River, which soon joins with the Misahualli and eventually flows into the Napo River. The Napo winds its way south into Peru, and is in effect the 9th largest tributary to the Amazon River.
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| The Catholic Church in Tena |
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| Meeting with Monsenor Adelio Pasqualotto. He is head of the Catholic church in the province of Napo. |
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| The spears on the wall were from a missionary killed by the indigines tribes only 20 years ago. He was killed because the tribe thought he was from the oil company who was trying to take their oil. Ecuador is very rich in oil. |
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| Gabby the optomitrist and I with a native seed that is edible called guiaba. |
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| The inside of the guiaba seed that can be eaten. It has a large seed inside and the white part is sweet but tastes like chewing on cotton batting. |
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| Live flowers at our hotel. |
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| Some of the greenry around our hotel. Look at the giant fern. They get lots of rain here and the air is very humid. This is the jungle of Ecuador. |
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| Some beautiful flowers. They are all over. |
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| When we were leaving the owner gave me one of the flowers growing there. |
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| Some turtles enjoying a dip in the water at our hotel. |
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| A grove of bamboo. |
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| The entrance to our hotel. It was $25 a night per person! |
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| A statue of the indiginous people from the Amazon jungle! |
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