Monday morning started and while the majority of the world was off to sit in an office and play on the internet we were off to play in the amazon river. We paddled off in a canoe exploring another dark recess of the jungle. Don showed us more types of plants and trees that are used by local people as medicine. The saber tree has roots as wide as people. The bamba tree has a hollow trunk and when you hit it the wood resonates into a lovely deep bass sound. It was ...

Sunday morning was a 5:30am start. Just before sunrise we were off to a canopy tower to do some bird watching. The tower went up higher than the trees so we had a great view of the jungle. However that's how it stayed, it started to rain and not a single bird was out flying around. After breakfast we took a sunny walk to a fruit field. Giant lemons hung from trees and pineapples grew up from the ground. One tree held strawberry shaped fruits and inside they cont...

Saturday morning and were off to see the anaconda a rare treat. Then we took off on foot for a walk through the forest. A native guide joined us from the Quecha indigenous community, Don Silvio and together they showed us how the native people had survived in the forest from their understanding of how plants can be used for medicinal use, food, traps and alcoholic drinks! We soon came across the take-your-pants-off ants, the second most vicious ant in the jungle....

Friday morning and we met one of the guides outside the hotel. Diego takes us on 2 hour bus ride to Rio Aguarico, the scenery becomes more and more amazon like with the trees forming a canopy over the road and bushes trying to climb in the windows. The heat is awesome and flies are already biting us. Before long a hornet lands on my arm, stings me, and leaves. We board a motor canoe for a 4 hour ride to the camp. When we arrive in the evening, the first thing to ...