Sunshine! After three days of rain the sun gives us one glorious day--a perfect day to be on the water. With Jaire again we traveled down river for a couple of hours in our skinny canoe passing small fishing villages and people panning gold from the mud to an animal rescue center staffed by volunteers. Those we met were college students from Chile and Germany.  The mother Wooly monkey and her baby lying in the sun were found after an alpha male change, they te...

Picture torrential rain on a muddy hillside. Now add a slippery rock path of steep steps and crawly, spiky, sticky things on the hillside, dropoff on the other. No, squishy mud, then drop off. Now you can put Bob & I on the trail but by now you have to add muddy water coursing down the path in brown waterfalls where it pauses in ankle grabbing pools. Yup, that's us for 2 1/2 hours this morning guided by a Kichwa named Jiare. The Kichwa are indigenous people ...