This morning we were woken up around 5:30 to the sound of
howler monkeys. We were warned by the people who got to the lodge before us of
what they sounded like, but if you didn’t know what the noise was you would
think there was a monster coming to get you. They sounds so scary!
Our morning excursion was a jungle hike, so we took the boat
about 45 minutes down the river to the trailhead. We got to see all kinds of
wildlife--exotic birds, creepy looking insects, monkeys, lizards, etc. It was
also cool to learn about all of the jungle vegetation. You definitely have to
know your way around and what to avoid in order to survive in the jungle! At
least half of the stuff we saw on our hike, the guide would tell us could kill
you if you touch it, ate it or it bit you.
Our afternoon excursion was piranha fishing. We took the boat
down the little river to find a good spot and fished right from the boat. The
fishing poles were just reeds with fishing line and a hook tied to it. We used
chicken skin as bate. I’m not big into fishing, but this was pretty fun! Between
the boat driver, our guide and Jeff and I, we caught 3 piranhas, 3 catfish, and
an Oscar fish which I thought was pretty good! They even fried them up for us
for dinner. I actually liked the taste of the piranha the best. It was a very
mild white fish.
Our night excursion was a boat ride out to the large main
river so we could look at the stars. It was so dark so viewing the stars
incredible!
We also had some crazy wildlife encounters today. First when we got back to our tree house after dinner there were two huge tarantulas at eye level on our tree in the middle of our room. Then we got back from our night excursion, the guides found a boa constrictor in the hanging in the rafters of the lodge.
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