Colombian navy transports ambulances to the Amazon region of Puerto Narinño. Photo: cogfm.com

Colombian navy transports ambulances to the Amazon region of Puerto Narinño. Photo: cogfm.com

Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Are you looking for a place on Google Maps where you've probably never been with your cursor? Enter "Puerto Nariño".

Where no one else can go

It is the southernmost tip of Colombia, 80 kilometres of Amazon riverbank in the Amacayacu National Park, sparsely populated and inaccessible in the middle of the jungle. Here at the border triangle of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, a thousand kilometres from the Pacific coast, it is the job of the Colombian navy to ensure law and order - and the supply of basic necessities.

Ambulance for the jungle

So it fell to her to bring an ambulance donated by the Colombian State Office for Transport Routes to its destination - precisely because there is no direct land route there. The ambulance was transported to the approximately 8,000 indigenous inhabitants of the region via long detours - and ultimately by sea. This is the first time in their lives that they have seen a mobile health centre - and it will significantly improve their health care. However, the siren and flashing blue lights are probably the most interesting, but also the most superfluous features of this vehicle!

Amazon

And since you're already in the area virtually: Where is the source of the Amazon actually located?

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