Jacaranda Journey
One of the most pristine Amazon rainforests in the world
Protests against oil drilling in Yasuni in front of the Presidential Palace
Protest against oil drilling in Yasuni National Park
A transport hub boom town serving oil workers and Amazon lodge tourists
Fish barbequed or steamed in banana leaves
The main tourist dock in front of an airplane disco and new suspension bridge - Coca is booming!
With opaque white clouds - in between brief rain showers during our time of year
Damaging incursions into the Amazon bring destruction of the rainforest (Photo: National Geographic)
Oil workers on the river bank
Digging exploratory wells in the Amazon rainforest
The edge of the coffee brown Rio Napo where a narrow black-water creek begins
Home of the Añangu Kichwa Community
Dangle like earrings from a chonta palm
Yellow flowers growing right out of a tree trunk - too anxious to need branches
A giant flash of electric blue around our heads is magic
Silently paddling down a black-water creek, heading to the Lodge from the Napo River
Hemming us in along a black-water creek
Close cousins to prehistoric birds
Big buttress roots
reflected in Lake Añangucocha
The restaurant is the building to the right with the landing dock
On tranquil Lake Añangucocha
Kichwa guide paddling a cayuca with the NWC in the background
President of the Añagua Kichwa Community with her swaddled newborn
Built around an ancient ceiba tree, the tower afforded great birdwatching from 30 meters above the ground in the tree canopy
Parrots flock here daily in the thousands to eat the minerals they need to counteract toxic seeds and nuts in their diet.
Roots that "walk", shifting the plant's location into better sunlight and nutrient area
This insect was bigger than my hand - I mean HUGE jaws
We watched a family of these rare mammals fishing in the creek near the Lodge (Photo by Duplaix)
Peeking from their tree nest (Photo: T. Laman). This could have been my photo if I had the right camera equipment!
Symbol of the Napo Wildlife Center (Photo: T. Laman)
Stone Egg Sculpture in front of the hotel at Papallacta - it looks like a work by Andy Goldsworthy
Chuck relaxing in a warm pool
