Sunsets, Birds and Caimans

We had such a fun time in the jungle, and a lot of that was because we were lucky to have Tarryn with us. She was an invaluable help with the kids, was excited about all the crazy stuff, and didn't complain about anything. I think it also made Amy feel better to have another helping hand with the kids so they didn't get lost or carried away by some prehistoric creature.

Here is Amy and Tarryn, sporting the ponchos. Since we were there during the rainy season, we had to always be prepared for the afternoon rain. I don't think it really rained all that much; we were lucky. But it did occasionally, and we often had to put on and take off the ponchos numerous times during the course of an afternoon canoe ride.
















These nests were pretty cool. There were tons of them everywhere; big woven grass bags hanging from trees.
















The sunsets over the laguna were also tremendous. Of course, a photo hardly does it justice.
















Later that night after dinner, we went back to the laguna to look for crocs. Well, caimans. Not really sure what the difference is. We saw a couple, and this one below was the closest to the boat. Probably a couple of meters long. It was pretty eerie, especially knowing that we had been swimming close by during the day. I guess the guides were pretty sure they only came out at night....They did show us a couple of pictures that they had taken during the dry season, when the laguna was mostly dried up and the caimans had little space to move around. The laguna floor was little speckled with caimans. Kind of made me want to visit during the dry season. They also said that another nearby laguna had problems with more aggressive caimans, and one had attacked some dude and bit off his leg. Amy didn't think that my asking them to take us to that laguna was a very good idea, to say the least.