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 very cool experiance traveling through all the mud all these days.
After the long walk in the morning we came back to the lodge to eat lunch. At three thirty the group split up to either go fishing or swiming in a lake for their last adventure of the trip. I went fishing because it was the better choice. It took us ten munites to get to the spot, the spot was a little pond seprate from the main river. As soon as we started fishing I caught a fish. I hasn’t even ready for it because I almost drop the rod. Aster each boat caught a few fish it was clear that the two boats were going to have a competition on how many fish each boat could get. My boat got a whole bunch of fish within 10 minutes of getting there and then we just stopped getting bites. On the other hand the other boat was getting one fish at a time but their fish were better, for example my boat got a amazon pike and they got red piranha. They got more fish and the fishimg day was good.
Today was the last official day we could play soccer with everybody. Soccer has been such a fun memory for all of us and we will miss it a lot. We wanted to bet sodas for this game. Mr. Rembrandt played with us as well. Stella filled in for their team. It was us versus the amazon crew. They won the first game and we wanted to play double or nothing. We haven’t beaten them yet because they are so good. Their best player is named Wellister and he’s a tank. In our second game hailey subbed in for stella. Hailey ended up scoring two goals. I ended up getting a clutch goal which made me happy because I haven’t played my best this trip. It was tied 5-5 and Mr. Rembrandt ended up scoring the game winner for us. We won for our first time! We had dinner and Andy the tech guy showed us a cool slideshow. We had cake and the night ended well.
Eli, Kyle, Ambrose & Kaveh
Enjoy these photos and check-out the spread of food we get every meal!
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 very cool experiance traveling through all the mud all these days.
After the long walk in the morning we came back to the lodge to eat lunch. At three thirty the group split up to either go fishing or swiming in a lake for their last adventure of the trip. I went fishing because it was the better choice. It took us ten munites to get to the spot, the spot was a little pond seprate from the main river. As soon as we started fishing I caught a fish. I hasn’t even ready for it because I almost drop the rod. Aster each boat caught a few fish it was clear that the two boats were going to have a competition on how many fish each boat could get. My boat got a whole bunch of fish within 10 minutes of getting there and then we just stopped getting bites. On the other hand the other boat was getting one fish at a time but their fish were better, for example my boat got a amazon pike and they got red piranha. They got more fish and the fishimg day was good.
Today was the last official day we could play soccer with everybody. Soccer has been such a fun memory for all of us and we will miss it a lot. We wanted to bet sodas for this game. Mr. Rembrandt played with us as well. Stella filled in for their team. It was us versus the amazon crew. They won the first game and we wanted to play double or nothing. We haven’t beaten them yet because they are so good. Their best player is named Wellister and he’s a tank. In our second game hailey subbed in for stella. Hailey ended up scoring two goals. I ended up getting a clutch goal which made me happy because I haven’t played my best this trip. It was tied 5-5 and Mr. Rembrandt ended up scoring the game winner for us. We won for our first time! We had dinner and Andy the tech guy showed us a cool slideshow. We had cake and the night ended well.
Eli, Kyle, Ambrose & Kaveh
Enjoy these photos and check-out the spread of food we get every meal!
👍 pics again. So surreal/dream like the water vines, wildlife only seen in mags & TV, fishing w/stick & line, wonderful hosts showing u their home & so exciting your group effort got you a W in your final game!!
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