The anaconda ate my pirhana!

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October 2nd 2007

Published: October 8th 2007

"¿En serio?" asked our bilingual guide, Elaina. Yes, he WAS serious. Patricio, our native guide had seriously just seen the back of an anaconda surface only 15 feet from our dugout canoe. We all looked to the spot in the black water where the bubbles still lay formed on the surface, but we were too late to see it. But that was close enough to shorten my breath and make me grip the edges of th... Read Full Entry

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lobby

Matt is (in the hotel lobby) thrilled to find out we have one more day in Coca!

river

a home on the Rio Napo river

macaw

Some colorful macaws in the hotel garden... We only have photos of the tame ones since the wild ones in the jungle are too fast.

boy

This guy watched us as we switched boats. He found us gringos strange

on the way

We are cruising up the stream to Sani in our canoe

lodge

Here is our first view of the lodge from the lagoon

canoe ride

Our guide uses his carved paddle to get us around the lagoon.

Sani

Steering towards the Sani dock

lagoon

our lagoon

room

A view of the inside of our cabana.

roof

A view of our beautifully thatched roof.

canoe

Taking a ride on the lagoon:

night hike

A snake we spotted on our night hike

view

Freddie and I look for more birds from the tower.

toucan

There is a toucan on that branch, I swear!

dinghy

Here is a motorized canoe with some of the other guests, on the Rio Napo.

momo

Look closely... The monkey on the left of the tree trunk is the smallest kind of monkey in the world, and we spotted him! He was about the size of a big squirrel.