We finished the day walk in the jungle by coming back to the very very shallow lake. We had to walk about 20 minutes along the lake's edge. It was hot and it was hard to do. The river bank was muddy in spots and you could ( and I did) sink up to your knee in mud. Finally, we made it back to the long boats but with no motor, we had to paddle back to the lodge. I let the young ones paddle. Age has it's privileges. We were with a new group today two young girls from Australia ( really ballsy, really fun) a girl from Holland, a young brother and sister from Manitoba, Canada.........?And us, two old ladies from Boston..........Let them row.
After dinner we went out on the river again. We saw a sloth high up in a tree......not very clearly but I am going to count it. We spotted more dolphins and once it got dark, we saw several Caiman (alligators) on the river bed. Our guide tried to get out and catch one. I am happy he had no luck.
The next morning, we left the camp to start our travels back to Banos. Again, it was a two hour long boat ride followed by a two hour van ride, followed by a 10 hour bus ride. This bus ride was better. We started at two from Lago Agrio to Coca......made famous by cocaine.....to Banos. At one point a man got on the bus to do a public health announcement. He was selling pills for the treatment of worms. I know this not because of my proficiency with Spanish but because he displayed laminated pictures of the effects of worms and what they look like. The picture were not pleasant. I do not plan on getting worms.
We arrived at Banos at 11:00 to our hotel. There Edgar, the hotel manager, let us into the hotel where there was electricity, hot showers and mints on our pillows..........We love Edgar 100%.
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