Our first excursion into the rain forest was at night, our first day on The Manatee (www.manateeamazonexplorer.com). It was a great success. It would have been even better if it hadn’t been cut short because someone was afraid of snakes.
We left The Manatee and took the motorized canoe to a local farm. Wow, our first walk and we saw some really cool stuff! Giant termite nests in trees, bullet ants, a wolf spider, millipedes, a centipede, ginormous banana plants, walking stick insects, cool flora, really awesome spiders, a tailless scorpion, tree frogs, army ants and a giant tarantula. Read more →