my favorite part of the jungle were the sounds
here's the morning birds before dawn from a canoe.....
Allison and I wanted to travel the Napo River from Coca, Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru, but realistically didn't have enough time to do it all by public transport. After we had given up and were packing for the bus, any bus, outa there, I met Julio and his wife. They were doing some construction to get their property to get ready for tourists on their family plot in Panacocha, and we wanted to see the jungle, so we struck up a deal. Nothing fancy, no English speaking guide, but we got fed for 5 days, and the grandfather and grandson took us piranha fishing, swimming?!, and for walks in the jungle. Julio and his wife were so cute, they still hold hands after 43 years of marriage and 46 grandkids.
in their cement canoe filled with construction projects, heading into the mist......
Sacario catches a big piranha, and grins a toothless smile to match....
are you SURE piranhas don't live in the lagoon?!
Just to be safe, I made the kid go first
huge tree is over 2000 years old
the scary monster sound in the background are howler monkeys we are trying to find....
I've never seen it rain so hard in all my life.... I guess that's why they call it a rainforest...
just a little furniture drop off to the very sleepy jungle town of Panacocha, and some sand pick up for making cement back at the ranch, and wildlife viewing along the way
heading back to Coca, no sand, no furniture means we can stretch out...
Allison and I on the 8 hour ride back up the Napo River to Coca
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