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I hate that I only have a paragraph. On the other hand, maybe that's
a good thing. I loved the smells of the rainforest: the clean air, the smell
of leaves, the smell of water. In fact, the rainforest was good to all of my
senses. I had never been to a jungle before, and this was certainly it.
Each plant was competing with its neighbors to grow faster, get the limited
resources of soil and light, and all of the plants seemed to grow on, in and
around each other. I really liked taking the dugout downstream. It was neat
to see the rainforest and its inhabitants, electric-blue butterflies to
yellow-handed titi monkeys, from the river. Hiking through the forest was
also a good experience, especially with Meliton along to tell us about the
things we were seeing. He had a really amazing knowledge of the flora and
fauna in the area. Who knew that ants could taste like lemon? Meliton also
had a habit of hiding behind trees and seeing who he could scare, which added
to the experience. Nothing like being snuck up on to make you pay more
attention to your surroundings! I was sorry to leave the peace and serenity
of the rainforest behind on Friday morning.--Kathryn Hull
While we were on the 20-min flight to Lago Agrio, we flew over the snow-capped peak of Cayambe, which towered over the expanse of clouds.
Upon landing at Lago Agrio, we were welcomed by guards carrying MP5 machine guns (according to our gun bearer, Paul). And then, after a jolting 3 hour bus ride, we came upon the Cuyabeno Lodge and
were greeted by Terrible Bobby, the dog.