We found out that there are classifications of jungle density and this was the lightest. The deep jungle where yuo find all the really wild animals is at least another days travel.
| The rainforest in our way as we motor around in a small alumunium boat.
We kept hitting all the vines hanging from trees, and Tiff can't help getting
paranoid of all the bugs and spiders falling from the trees. It's really
thick and pretty wild growth - guess that's why they call it the jungle.
We found out that there are classifications of jungle density and this was the lightest. The deep jungle where yuo find all the really wild animals is at least another days travel. |
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Our guide brought fresh meat to cut for the piranha bait. We put it on the end of a plain old hook attached to a stick and then thrashed it on top of the water. Unlike, other fish which are frightened by noise, Piranhas are attracted to thing struggling in the water. I hate to think of what happens to those who like splashing in the water. |
| Hans caught the largest and meanest looking one. Later on that evening
we ate the Piranas. One bit the cook when she was preparing it for our
soup. She thought they were already dead, she guessed wrong. Her finger
had a big gash taken out. Ouch!
From this view it almost looks like a miniture version of a killer white shark! |
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Not all is dangerous and mean in the water. We caught a glimps of a butterfly on the water while looking for some water chickies hanging out in the marsh. Apparently, the chicks use the marsh for protection while they are young and their parents are out getting food for them. |
| This is the movement that attracts all kinds of fish. It is a bug struggling for his life, trying to fly out of the water. The patterns created are beautiful to watch, as they are spread all over the river. Or perhaps it is practicing its back stroke. |  |