Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon

School holiday time so I headed for the Amazon Basin. I spent 4 nights in the northern part of the Ecuadorian Amazon at an all inclusive lodge. Each day our fantastic guide Louis (think Ecuadorian crocodile hunter) took us on different adventures - night walk, caiman spotting, piranah fishing, visiting a local village, jungle walks, river trips, and tubing.

My home for five days.

A great place for siesta time.

Our dining room friend.

The gang and a massive tree.

Saki Monkey

Scorpian bonding

This critter landed in my lap during a night boat trip,

getting me bit closer to nature than I wanted.

Another day in the boat, I looked down to see a banana tarantula crawling along my leg.

I didn't get a photo because I was scared and photos were the last thing on my mind, and the closest thing I had for it to crawl on to was my camera.

Look at those teeth!

Louis attached meat to nylon on a stick (no hook) and went caiman fishing.

This guy got the meat and put on a show for us.

This one was hanging out by our dock and was enticed into the shallow water with a massive steak.

(I can't take the credit for this photo. Another member of the group, Angel, took it)

Another beautiful day in the Amazon.

Tubing behind the canoe in the Laguna Grande.

Sunset in the lagoon.

Sunrise on our last day.

A Shaman doing his thing.

Local village visit.

On the left there is a fish fillet drying in the sun.

There are massive fresh water fish in the rivers.

One of the local ladies collenting yuka to make jungle pizza for us.

Grating, grating, grating... actually I didn't grate for very long because I managed to grate my thumb.

Time for eating it.

We had it with pineapple jam and fresh chilies.