Floating on the River at Sunset

We canoed down the river and stopped at this spot. It was supposed to be good for fishing.

I felt compassion for the fish and prayed they would not be caught.

Our Achuar guide expressed frustration when no one was catching anything...

A palm tree

Another photo of the canal

Silhouette of Cecropia tree

Dark silhouettes against bright sky

Low clouds and river reflection

Rapidly changing sky and reflections at sunset

created beautiful scenes all around.

Birds flying through evening sky

Capirona - a tree that sheds its outer bark to expose its smooth inner bark.  

The smooth surface prevents other plants from climbing up it's trunk.

 

Coatis (relatives of racoons)

This was really neat to see--a rare spotting--
we only saw the coatis this one time.

We also saw a couple of other rare sightings while we were on the river.
A pink river dolphin surfaced while we were kayaking.
We also saw the hoaxin, a ancient-looking bird, thought to be a relative of dinosaurs.

Evening sounds at Kapawi

So many voices...

When we protect the forest,
we protect their home;
the rainforest is infinitely more than just wood or land or oil,
it is a whole world--
a highly complex, irreplicable community of creatures.