Amazon Adventures - Day 2

Michael y Sloth
Originally uploaded by Phil Chan.

After a great sleep, we started out for a trek through the jungle during which we saw monekys, lost half of the group, checked out some native cures for the flu and malaria, swung from vines like tarzan and sweated a whole lot.

In the afternoon we paddled out for some sloth hunting. On our way we passed through absolutely breaktaking parts of the forest. Like most of the jungle, the water level had risen so the lower parts of the trees were submerged and the water was perfectly still so there was an awesome reflection of the trees in the water. The sky was a little overcast, so it was fairly dark under the trees, adding to the tranquil feel. After a bit of searching we found a sloth and our guide in training, Charles, climbed up the tree to bring it down. He was having a bit of trouble reaching the sloth, so he shook the tree until it feel into the water. We then moved the canoe so we could reach it and had a cool look and lesson about sloths.