Big ol' tree. This big boy actually starts out as a parasite climbing upward around an existing tree. Eventually it grows so large it completely surrounds and and smothers the original. The original tree dies and feeds this one. What is left is this huge, hollow monster.
Symbiosis. Remember Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)? Well, this is the Symbiotic Life of Animals. The butterflies feast on the natural salts that exude from the turtle's head and neck. The turtle loves this and sticks his neck out as far as possible to help.
Futbol, the beautiful game. Every night the workers at the camp played soccer on this little field out behind the buildings. There were some pretty good players there.
That night we went upriver looking for caimans, a relative of the crocodile. We found several. They were at best three feet long.
This guy was heading into the water for a little night fishin'.
But, the star of the place was Wally, a six month old orphaned monkey. Wally prefers the company of women, as do I. Here he's cozying up to Jennifer.
And so only one more day remains of the trip. Tomorrow we go to "Hell." La Fierno, to be exact. From there we catch a bus to the airport in Puerto Maldonado. From there it's a flight back to Lima for one more night, then back to the States.
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I got a 1GB card. Plus, I had a 512 in reserve. But, the 1Gig did the trick. I even had a few videos on it.
I had around 900 pix when I got back. I've reduced them to about 600 or so on one CD.
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