Somewhere near Manaus - Ararinha Jungle Lodge
Our next day on the Amazon started with a 3 hour jungle trek. We got on well with the others in our group, we all enjoyed learning about how to survive in the Amazon by using the various plants for food, water and medicine - we were able to eat brazil nuts and chicle, and drank from water vines. We found a wasp nest and couple of tarantulas, but we had no luck with snakes, a group the previous day had found a boa constrictor that they had all taken turns in wearing about their neck, K was quite relieved our group couldn't find one!
We arrived back very hot, just before the rain came pouring down. After lunch we headed off down the Amazon again to try our luck at piranha fishing. We hadn't been there long when K caught one, very small but with very mean teeth! After trying quite a few different spots on the river, M also snared one, between the 10 people on our boat we caught 8 fish before we headed back to the lodge for dinner.
After dinner we took the the boats again, this time to hunt for caimans, which are very similar to alligators. Our guide shone his torch into the grass lining the river banks, looking for the telltale reflections of a caiman's eyes. He finally nabbed an 11 month old caiman about a metre long. After learning about it's characteristics we were then all given the opportunity to touch, hold and pose with the poor terrified creature before he was released back into the water.
After our adventures with some of the scarier inhabitants of the Amazon we spent the rest of the evening drinking capirinhas at the jungle lodge while trading stories with the other interesting guests from different parts of the world.
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