It was about an eight or nine hour bus ride from Quito to the starting point for the rain forest trip. From there it was about 1 1/2 hour boat ride to the Samona lodge. The lodge is pretty rustic,(see pictures, I haven't figured out captions). Nice group of people from Belgium Germany Ireland Australia Spain Canada. I apologize if I missed someone. we would hike and use the boats to check the various rivers and lakes looking for birds snakes or monkeys. The wildlife spotted were the woolly monkey clown monkey white face monkey and the red holler monkey(my apologies to my monkey friends). Also saw the Cayman (see picture )the Anaconda( see picture )and the two toed sloth (he was too quick for me I didn't get the picture). Closely check the water picture with trees, look closely you'll see a doctor from Belgium sitting in the tree. We left him there for about 15 or 20 minutes ,he really wanted to feel the rain forest , I guess I can't blame him. Tonight another eight hour bus ride takes me south to the city of Cuenca Ecuador.
