Well it has been a most interesting morning. I'm writing all down now so I don't forget anything.
As mentioned, our wake up call was bright and early at 4am. Breakfast was at 430, and by 5 we were heading back down to the boat. At the "port" was a beautiful sunrise to greet us and the morning mists. The river looked absolutely amazing.
Half askeep and entirely in awe, the boat dropped us off at yet another staircase where we took a short walk to Ox-Cow lake. The ride around the lake as the sun was rising was beautiful, calm and serene. We saw some Macaws, Cormarands and various other birds. Nothing too exciting but still cool. We tried our hand at piranha fishing, and Darren and I were not very good at it. The piranhas were just little ones and though we fed them a great deal, none of them would bite our hooks. Some of the rest of our crew caught several and I took pictures of those. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see any otters as it is sort of Spring here and the otters have babies (cubs?). Which means we could only navigate half the lake so as not to scare or stress them out, and they chose not to grace us with their presence.
A little sleepy, and hot and sticky (when the sun comes out in the Amazon it is not shy!), we made our way back to the lodge for a little rest before we head to the botanical garden to meet with a shaman.
Well, as we're walking along the path the jungle just lit up with sounds. It was so exciting and there was so much energy. Our guide was so excited (having felt a little put out by the lack of wild life) because we stumbled upon 4 species of monkeys all in the same area. She (Inez) says this is pretty rare. We saw red howler monkeys, brown capuchins, squirrel monkeys, and some other kind I don't remember. I didn't get pics of them all but I did snag one or two good ones. Everyone was going crazy pointing in different directions, trying to get pictures, running with the monkeys as they fled. It was quite the sight.
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