A Relaxing Weekend at Asa Wright

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October 23rd 2011

Published: October 24th 2011

Magnificent, lush, green, wet, alive, elegant, relaxing, serene, and vivid are all words that could be used to describe our trip to Asa Wright Nature Reserve in Trinidad. We signed up for an overnight trip to stay at the Asa Wright Nature Reserve. The trip began on Saturday, October 15th at 9:30 AM when we climbed into a van driven by Jesse James, Trinidad tour guide supreme. We heard Jesse�... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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Amazing nest

The nest of the crested oropendola are quite complex and are large enough to see from quite a distance. They had some hanging so you could see them up close.

Red trunk

A species of palm tree has a very red trunk which adds color to the rainforest

Tropical flowers everywhere

The guide showed us one of the well-known tropical flowers that grow here. It is locally called the “sexy pink”.

An unusual vine

This shows the size of one of the monkey ladder vines found in the rainforest.

Monkey Ladder Vine

An unusual vine with an unusual name

Marching leaves

The small yellow items on the ground are really leaves being carried by the leaf cutters on a well defined trail.

Bamboo Stands

This may look like trees, but it is actually a large stand of bamboo.

A nice cool waterfalls

We took a hike which treated us to this great view of a waterfall.

Similiar to daddy long legs

The harmony spider is similar to a daddy long legs that we know from home.

A hydro electric plant

This hydro-electric generator had been used to pump water up the main house but hasn’t been in use for a number of years.

An appropriate name

The local name of hot lips was easy to remember for this flower.

Super-sized

Everything grows big in the rainforest as seen by these leaves.

Roots changing color

The roots of this palm tree become bright red when there is water. When it is dry they become brown. It is quite a sight to see.

Familiar plants?

Many of the plants look familiar from plant gardens, but they are “super-sized” here.

The trail

This shows a typical view of the forest from one of the trails

Long pants in the tropics

This gives you an idea of the size of the vines that are found in the rainforest. We broke down and wore long pants to protect us from the insects (as much as possible)

Waiting for the rain

Luckily they had some shelters located throughout the rainforest so you could stay dry while waiting for the rain to stop (or at least slow down).

Buttress roots

The buttress roots help to stabilize the trees as the roots are very shallow and the trees are very tall in order to reach the sunshine.

Seeing yellow in flight

The crested oropendola are about the size of a large crow, but the yellow tail and beak is quite beautiful when they are in flight.

Wild Ginger

The flower of the wild ginger is quite spectacular. The roots spell like ginger, but they are not edible.

Hummingbirds everywhere

We were amazed that we could catch the action of the hummingbirds wings in this photo.

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