Mario @mario@social.privacytools.io

Intimate insights into an enchanted world of fairy chimneys and rock gorges on #Bioko Island, #EquatorialGuinea.

One of my favorite places on #Bioko Island.

Camp #Moaba #Playa, an around two hour #hike (but only if weather conditions are good) from #Ureca, the small #village where I live in the #dryseason on #Bioko Island, #EquatorialGuinea.

Friend of mine taking a bath in #Moaba River on #Bioko Island. after getting in contact with one of Planet Earth's ancient animals, the #Leatherback #Sea #Turtle.

#Bioko Island's South Coast, #EquatorialGuinea.

The place where I live.
Never have been at a place more far from civilization than this place.

"HMS Antelope” at #FernandoPóo
Election of a New Sovereign
#Bioko

Antique wood engraved print, 1854

One Island, multiple Names
The Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó, the first European to visit the island in 1472 named it #FormosaFlora (Beautiful Flower), but in 1494 it was renamed by Europeans as #FernãoDoPó and later the name of the island is changed from Pó to Póo, so the islands Name was #FernandoPóo. Under the Africanization policy of dictator Masie Nguema Biyogo it was renamed #MasieNguemeBiyogo Island. The island's native name in the Bube language is #Otcho. The modern name is #Bioko.

The #NatureReserve around San Antonio de #Ureca is characterized to possess with 11 species of primates and large stretches of as-yet-unspoiled forest habitat the largest variety of #primates in the world; of course in proportion to its size and number.

Nevertheless, a rare sight is this large, dominant male #drill #monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) - (not to be confused with their close relative #mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) - who is going to enjoy some #figs on Equatorial Guinea’s #Bioko Island

#Malabo, formerly Santa Isabel, is the capital of #EquatorialGuinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the Island of #Bioko, the formerly named #FernandoPó. In 2018, the city had a population of approximately 297,000 inhabitants.
The City is my home from April to Oktober.

Sunset on #Ureca Beach
#Bioko Island, #EquatorialGuinea

Map of #EquatorialGuinea with the two main Islands #Bioko and #Annobón
United Nations Map No. 3861 Rev. 4 from January 2005

https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/eqguinea.pdf

Tactical Pilotage Chart (#TPC) of #Bioko Island; Original scale 1:500,000.
TPCs, originally created for the use of military air navigation, depict the types of data that would be useful for pilots, including topography, the locations of major cities, tranportation routes, and other ground features that would be visible from the air.

Top 10 wettest places in the world

10. Mount Emei, Sichuan Province, China
9. Pu’u Kukui, Maui, Hawaii
8. Mount Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii
7. Big Bog, Maui, Hawaii
6. Debundscha point, Cameroon
5. San Antonio de #Ureca, #Bioko Island, #EquatorialGuinea
4. Cropp River, New Zealand
3. Tutunendo, Colombia
2. Cherrapunji, Meghalaya State, India
1. Mawsynram, Meghalaya State, India.

And me, I life in #SanAntonioDeUreca, the fifth wettest Place on earth, with an average annual rainfall of 10,450 mm.