Fantabulous day!
Early morning flight from Cuenca to Quito. In our super
short layover we decided we needed to stock up on energy drinks. Neat, because
they are the same price here as in the US… HA HA HA. Just kidding! They turned
out to be three times the cost. They were $6.50 for the small 8oz can! No
RedBull for us.
Short flight from Quito to Coca. Getting off the plane was a
shock. It was like getting hit in the face with a steamy, hot, soaking wet
towel. Bleck! Short taxi ride to the docks. We were waiting for our boat to arrive
when a very curious monkey started poking around our guides bag. He was adimate
on getting into it.
Such a beautiful boat ride. We took a 2hr motorized boat
trip down river. We were zipping right along. Some time ago Alicia and I were
informed that this part of the journey needed to be taken fairly early in the
day because the river get too dangerous later in the day. I think that the
water rises, there is more junk in the water, and the water gets a bit choppy.
Honestly, I am not sure how we didn’t bust a hole in the boat with all of the
trees (no overexaggeration) in the water.
Off the boat and onto the trail! It was about a 20 minute
walk literally through the jungle to our next boat. Then, it was another 20
minute canoe ride across a lake to our hotel. As soon as our feet hit the dock
our guide for our entire stay was there with cool wet towels and pina coladas!
What a nice fella!
We had the afternoon to do as we please. So, we took out the
canoes and checked the lake out. We were out for a solid two hours and I am
sure we both got sunburned. We saw all kinds of pretty/funny looking birds and
a bees nest the size of Alicia (or in other terms: the size of my booty).
Our guide has a whole slew of adventures planed out for
us: Paraná fishing, community visits,
night hikes, day hikes, bird watching, etc. We are going to have so much fun!
Oh, scary fact of the day… You can swim in the same water that those viscous Parana’s
are in. Ayayay…
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