A Trek in the Amazon

5.21.14

Welcome to the jungle I lost my notes on this day.   I looked down and there was a row of a's. This blog  needs an undo. Basically it was a bus ride with beautiful scenery and waterfalls. 

We got caught up on our sleep and enjoyed. The country side. 

Our taxi to the hotel was a covered canoe. 

We visited a family tha taught us how they lived and cooked over an open fire. They also gave us a lesson on the use of a blow gun. Both R & I hit the monkey target!

5.22,14

On tap for  today was a hike on the Rain Forrest. Unfortunately we woke up to rain but that didn't stop us. We were told to bring our rain gear and off we went.

We learned about the Walking palm and iron palm

Rubber tree used to build a canoe

We had to cross a cavern in a basket. Here is R coming in.  We saw Cork tree harvested for wine corks

Pand a seed pod that the monkeys used for grooming aptly called the  Monkey brush

We were shown how the leaves were braided for the thatched huts to keep out the rain.

We also learned that Bamboo held over a liter drinking water. You can shave the bark of the bamboo and use it for stating fires when wood is wet. 

For protein we learned you could survive on lemon ants. I tasted a couple. Very tiny—like licking a spec off your palm it was pretty good!

Next we got very wet riding a balsa log raft back to the boat. 

The afternoon was spent as a butterfly garden. I used my big camera for those pictures and will need to post later. 

The raft ride was very wet but at less our guide didn't tip us over. 

After the Amazon trek we took a much needed nap and then went out to the village

The locals live simply—everyone was out side enjoying the evening. 

We spent time before dinner visiting with members of the group. Dinner was delayed a bit because of a short power outage. After dinner the rain started again. That will be nice for sleeping.  Tomorrow we go to Banos.