CFI Amazon 2008


Lush hotel 

Hotel Zoo Jaguar 

Capybara 

 

Scarlet Macaw 

 

Blue and Gold Macaw 

Ocelot 

Orchid 

Just got on the ship 

The natives seem friendly 

and relaxed 

The first trek 

Piro weaves tree bark 

 

 

 

 

The ship 

Yellow rumped cacique nests 

 

 

Note the muddy Rio Solimoes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nunbird 

 

A pair of Jacana 

BIG feet 

Also called the Jesus bird 

 

Victoria lillies 

 

 

 

 

Piro stands guard 

Flooded Forest 

 

Meeting of the waters 

Meeting up close 

Eddies 

Complex eddies 

Yup, we were there 

High water levels 

On a jungle trek 

BIG grub 

Red roots 

Tall tree 

Climb THIS!?! 

Getting back on board 

Clouds, Ruth likes them 

A narrow passage 

 

 

 

 

A variety of trees 

Pollen Scum 

Cute monkeys, wrong camera 

Squirrel Monkey 

Rcovering tree 

One of our guides 

 

 

Rio Negro as mirror 

 

 

Catching sunset 

Hmm.. maybe clouds aren't all bad 

OK, clouds CAN be quite beautiful (BIG pic) 

Orchid 

 

Purple flowers 

Distant Toucan 

 

 

Snail Kite 

Kambeba village 

More visitors 

Natives on display 

Sloth, hidden in plain sight 

Sloth 

Hoatzin 

Hoatzin 

Hoatzin enhanced 

Dining room 

Manaus Opera Hall 

Front View 

Interior 

Interior 2 

Building model, Made of legos 

In garden in Miami 

Iguana 

Egret 

Vista(?) point 

Art? 

 

Glass sculpture 

Cannonball tree 

Colorful bark 

Shuttle contrail