Jungle Love, Driving Me Mad, Making Me Crazy

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November 1st 2010

Published: December 6th 2010

For me, travel isn't just about the journey...it's about the passion it evokes deep inside of me. Case in point...I now have an infectious strain of Jungle Love. I feel so alive here in the Amazon, even if the air is stagnant and heavy. While we march along single file on a jagged trail cut through dense underbrush, tramping down the crunchy debris as we go, the sounds of the jungle lul... Read Full Entry

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Andrea

cabochick

This Canadian girl's passion for travel comes from my adventurous parents. My brother and I spent most of our youth traveling all over North America in the family’s camper van, airplane, and boat - going as far west as the Hawaiian islands, as far north as Tuktoyaktuk, and as far south as Mexico doing lots of adventurous stuff...canoeing, surfing, fishing, camping, hiking, skiing, exploring, jellyfish poking...it was the best childhood ever! That same adventurous spirit fueled my travel passion for over 30 years. I’ve been all over the shop. Now that I'm newly retired, I split my lif... full info

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howlers

their calls are like being at an airshow.

stink birds

not kidding, that is what these things were called. I'm sure they have an official name but they lived up to their nickname just fine.

Trees of Amazon

Gigantic Iron wood trees are very important to the locals for many reasons

Rivers Edge

Lots of tall grasses hide you quickly from the rivers edge

landing in the Amazon

a birds eye view of the jungle and chocolate river

cabybara family

families of the giant rodent all looking for munchable grass by the rivers edge

Walkway to the taxis

this area is usually covered over in water during the wet season.

Big boat on the bayou

rowing the oar on this boat was hard, the oar was water soaked and weighed a ton

37 meters up

High up some scaffolding we got a view from the canopy

river travels

the people of the river doing their day to day stuff

Creepy Crawlies

lots of spiders and other stuff crawling the jungle floor at night

tambopata river pickup

water taxis are the way to get around even in the dry season

Got one!

cheeky little buggers

our hut

a little luxury in the middle of nowhere

deer we think

wasn't too sure what this thing was, but it looked like a deer

flowers on the oxbow

misty steamy oxbow lakes

lovely daturas

love the colours of the datura in the jungle.

Out on a limb

the branch of a gigantic brazil nut tree, round pods clinging

Banana Cage

Loved this banana cage to keep out fruit flies, bats, and monkeys.

Extremely Wet Airport

Puerto Mal. before the storm of the century pounds down - we end up waiting 6 hours for it to clear

jungle anaconda

6th December 2010

Anastasia78
Anastasia78

You Rock!
I don't know what your day job is but you should quit it and just write travel blogs!! Your #1 Fan!! Anastasia78

6th December 2010

cabochick
Andrea

thanks!
lol Anastasia, you're not so bad yourself!! ;o)

7th December 2010

liliram
liliram

almost .... almost
Andrea, your blogs never fail to entertain me. I almost "heard" the sounds judging by the pictures you posted, helped along by your detailed descriptions. And hey, that pair of busy frogs (for soup?) made my day ;-)

9th December 2010

ootyresort
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9th December 2010

Slovenian girl
Jana P

:)
funny...less than and hour ago was talking to a friend of mine. He was asking me why exactly do I like to travel so much...what keeps me going - the first sentence that u wrote is exactly the same as mine was "For me, travel isn't just about the journey it's about the passion it evokes deep inside of me." Keep having a passion life :) Jana

11th December 2010

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

año = year; ano = anus In that particular case, the omission of the tilde on the 'n' can lead to funny misunderstandings. So 'cumpleanos' means 'achieve/fulfill anuses'. On Spanish keyboards, there's a separate key for the 'ñ', but if you can't find it, you can write 'ny' to be on par with the pronunciation, at least. To make matters even more complicated, in Portuguese 'ano' indeed means 'year'. You should keep that in mind in case you hop over to Brazil. If you already knew all of this, ignore my comment :-)

11th December 2010

cabochick
Andrea

Anos verses años!
Gracias for the laugh! Although I am aware of the discrepancy and like you guessed, do not have an ñ on my keyboard..read: I'm too lazy to go looking for one...I figure it kinda makes for a more interesting read, right? lol

10th May 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Hi Andrea
We are currently trying to decide where to go next. What a wonderful blog. It makes me want to hop on the next plane. Your word descriptions are marvelous as always.

10th May 2011

cabochick
Andrea

Loved the Amazon!
Thanks Merry Jo! If I were able to drop everything and go somewhere right now, I would pick the Amazon. I can't stress how fantastic it was. I will go back someday for sure - but maybe the Brasil side, meander up in a paddleboat to see the pink dolphins. Cheers!

1st November 2011

Anastasia78
Anastasia78

Its Official
I'm insane with jealousy!!!!

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