We stopped at this hotel in Coca to board the canoe. It had domesticated several parrots, monkey and toucans. And the tourists went wild for them.
Here is the squirrel monkey... always running about in the trees...
...peeking at you from behind the branches...
...and jumping on tourists, only to jump off a split second afterwards back onto the tree, before they can take a picture! It was a funny game.
The toucan, though beautiful creatures, had their tail feather clipped to prevent them from flying away. It was really a strange sight to see them hopping about.
The service at this hotel was phenomenal, even the animals would pitch in to help carry in the luggage. hehe.
Here was our motorized canoe, which we took to go from the town to the lodge (3 hours) and to hiking trails, etc.
Our guides, Juan and Miguel (the two on the right) were great fun. We travelled with O.A.T., a travel group for older people, but were with them for many of the activities, so it was a nice small group of three tourists, including myself. Carlos, also lots of fun, was the O.A.T. group's guide.
On the way towards the lodge, we came across this "aurora borealis" (that is what the guides called it). A breathtaking sight!
It was a shimmering circular rainbow that was coming out of storm clouds.
The clouds themselves were just as fascinating, with their various depths and shapes.
Here is a close up of clouds over clouds... it just made a beautiful picture.
Here we are at Yachana Lodge... each room had a hot shower and a hammock... but what a surprise, no mosquito nets! That is because there were really no mosquitos around. What a shock... a good one mind you!
The hallways next to the rooms, where you have the motion detector lights to help you at night.
Some interesting flowers in the lodge gardens.
They all seemed to be pink though. Not my favourite colour.
That white dot on the leaf is a drop of water. It moves around on the waterproof leaf as if it was mercury.
Huge grasshoppers almost the size of your palm.
Juan, my guide, was holding up a whip tail scorpion (which is a spider not a scorpion)
These guys are scary... their front legs have barbs to help them catch insects.
