Ecopsychology Photo Journal: Around Kapawi

Even at the lodge
we were right in the middle of the rainforest,

surrounded by a great variety of life forms;

butterflies of many different colors, all types of trees,

insects, vines, fungi, monkeys, birds, even ducks.

As you look through these photos

notice the patterns and symmetries

in all the different life forms.

Looking up

Close up of palm leaf

Black and red butterfly

Buttefly with white spots

This is the same butterfly as above,
but showing the underside of its wings.

Cecropia tree against bright blue sky

Rings around trunk of tree

Looking into the forest

Large termite nests

Beautiful pattern made by tree leaves

Looking up at a Cecropia tree

Vines climbing tree trunk

Trunk covered by mosses and vines

Tiny vines

Tree roots

Patterns of light

Kapawi Lodge

Emersed in the natural world

Tiny white mushrooms

Close up of underside of mushroom

Swirly spiral doo-dad :)

(Not sure what this was from, but thought it was neat.)

Suspended termite nest

--such little architects!! How did they build this? How did they know it would hold?

Bright orange fungi

Close up of roof made of palm leaves

Going to the river

Thick vine (on right side of trunk)

Looking further up

Little vines

Vines and mosses at base of tree

Monkeys getting fruits from trees across the river

Monkeys in tree, talking (might want to tilt your head for this one)

Not what I expected a monkey to sound like... kind of an eerie song.

Look closely

Monkeys in tree, talking

More monkey photos

They were very comfortable up there.
I saw one using its tail to hold on without any hands.

Three large birds circling above the forest

Sunlit lodge

Bats and mice liked making their homes in the rooms; the roofs of palm leaves made for easy access and good hiding places. I could hear them chirping and shuffling through the palm leaves during the day. My bag was chewed through one night by a mouse who had smelled my cereal and peanuts. One night as I was settling in, I saw a bat fly across my room. The night before had been a long night; we had stayed with the Achuar in their village, camping in tents. It was my first time in a true camping experience--sleeping on the ground, using a latrine, there was no running water, and it had rained all night. We had been up late for a natem ceremony and watching over the people who had participated. At the sighting of the bat in my room, I quickly snuck under my mosquito netting, pulled my blanket up, and tried to pretend I hadn't just seen a bat fly by. I was done for the night. I said a prayer and went to sleep. The bat never bothered me.