Today we started off with an early morning canoe ride seeing
many cool birds that was perfect for pictures. We continued the day with a
refreshing hike, listening and learning everything there is to know about the
jungle by our wonderful guide, Libio. He taught us how to make anything you can
name out of a huge reed leaf. He showed us how if one were to take a handful of
a piece of a termite hive that you can make fertilizer out of it. He showed us
how to climb a tree, energized our day by enacting a classic energizing ritual
by the movement of a certain tree branch around our heads, and let us in on all
the top things you can do to survive the jungle. When we arrived back to the
camp, Ms. Bottoms gave us a little photography lesson on three subjects: framed
photo, repeating element, and environmental portrait. After lunch and a
glorious siesta, which means nap in Spanish, we all headed out in canoes in
search of monkeys. We saw many cool monkeys, but they were sure hard to come
by. We had three opportunities to spot the speedy little things, but I missed a
lot of them. It actually made me very frustrated! However, my time finally came
and I captured some great pictures. On our way back to the cabins the sun was
just setting and we got some great photos of the sunset as well. It was a
pretty productive day, if you ask me.
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