On our journey to the jungle we ended up going to Coca to find some guide able to take us on a boat deep in the jungle to a natural reserve - Pañacocha. We met Miguel, owner of a small agency and went with him.
We were 4, us plus the guide and our Argentinean friend Juan. Coca is a city that lives mainly from the oil business (there is a movie called Crude that documents how locals expeled Chevron from the region due to toxic waste and damage to local communities).
During the trip we saw some beautiful species of animals (few photos since we didnt have the camera with us). Huge colourful buterflies, monkeys, Martim pescador bird, aligator´s eyes (due to the rain we only saw their eyes jaja). Parrots, colorful birds, etc. At night we were able to enjoy the silence of the jungle and listen around 10 diferent animal sounds, amazing!
In the jungle, when it starts raining it rains cats and dogs for hours.
Some of the huge trees from the jungle.
Before one of the most beautiful sunsets ever seen we had fished some Piranhas for dinner. Was not that easy due to the pressure (Miguel told us that there was no plans for dinner, "so you need to be effective and fish!").
Early in the morning from the next day we did a long trekking in the jungle for more than 4 hours and could feel the humidity inside all those plants and trees. We learned a lot about the species of plants and what they are used for. Also, at some point we got lost even though our guide would strongly deny it.
The river Napo is an important connection to Rocafuerte, border with Peru.
I don´t have to mention that all of our showers were in the river with natural lagoons all over us . Even though we were told that the pirañas and small crocodiles are everywhere, those were the most delightful bathes we ever take, a true feeling of being part of this impressive nature.
Not knowing what comes next and being in contact with the pureness of life, are indescribable sensations that we recommend to all of you. This also works to remind us that we came from nature and we will back to it and in the meanwhile all the problems, worries and the diseases derived from it, are created by us and not part of our "nature".
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