Day EIGHT - Jungle hike to a lake and boating
DAY EIGHT Our last full day at the lodge started out as yet another early morning for most. The night before we split into two groups; one group for the short hike and one group for the longer one. The short hike started out on what the guides call “the grid”. It is a 20 by 20 grid that the researchers created to be abke to track the monkeys throughout the rain forest. The hike was about 2 hours long and consisted of more wild life, includeing centipedes and wolf spiders. We also spotted some towering mangroves and water vines that provided us with a nice drink. The long hike started with everyone crossing a narrow log through water to get to the trail. From their it was roughly a 2 mile hike to the lake which provided a wonderful view of all the wildlife. Similar to the short hike we also drank water from the vines while some even tried eating small bugs known as Grubs. We saw the rare preuvian bird known as the Watson, along with many other beautiful birds. In the end it was a ve...