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This is Justin! I am creating this blog to show everyone the adventures we had on the Amazon!! ^_^ Thanks to Adventure Life,we were fortunate to plan a trip to the Amazon Rainforest, which was located in eastern Ecuador! The main reason why wewere going to the Amazon was for the opportunity to go bird watching and see a variety …

Yay!!! This was our first day in Quito! Our original plan was to do zip lining and bird watching all day. Our guide suggested that we stop by a museum that was located on the equator! O_O In a heartbeat, I said yes to this suggestion...then I asked how long it would take. Timing was not an issue that day, so we decided to go the Equator …

Today was a major traveling day to go into the Amazon Forest. We had a long day of traveling ahead of us. We woke up early and were taken by Adventure Life representatives to the airport. We were given our tickets and we waited for our plane ride to Coca!

Coca was an interesting town. This was considered the major port town of the Napo River and …

We woke up early today for a black water preserve expedition!! This area had over 500 species of birds and a variety of different mammals! We left on one of the long canoe motor boats to travel up one of the tributaries of the Napo River. There was a massive amount of foliage along the river, which contained different flower and bird species. We …

Today, we woke up super early to see the parrots and parakeets at the clay licks! Parrots and other birds in the psittaciforme family digest fruit and their seed as a part of their diet. Most of the seeds are very acidic for the birds and make them sick after a certain period of time. To prevent the parrots from getting sick, they would go to clay …

We had an early breakfast with our fellow tourists before they left for Coca. We said our farewells and wished everyone a safe trip back. Our guide, Avel, took my Dad and myself on bird watching expedition up a local river. The river had turtles everywhere!!! Every single log or rock had at least a small conga line of five turtles. Some of the …

Today we actually had a normal wake up call. Everyday in the morning, the crew of the Manatee would play music over the intercom system to wake us up. Usually they played some sort of elevator music with a Hawaiian flair. We had a small boat ride to this plantation down the river. When we arrived, no one was at home, but our guides gave us a brief …

We woke up early in the morning for an optional bird watching tour. Of course I took the opportunity! ;) The weather was still raining, but it was not a downpour like yesterday. We got to see more river dolphins!! They were pretty common around in this area. There seemed to be an adult and juvenile this time. The little one was more active and …

Today was our last full day in the Amazon Rainforest! We all had to wake up super early for our next tour! Our group traveled to a place called Sani Isla, which was located on a tributary of the Napo River. We got to the dock and had to walk twenty minutes down a boardwalk. This boardwalk was very interesting, because most of it was located over a …