Slept to the sound of night birds, frogs, crickets and whatever was out there in the dark. I love it! After an amazing breakfast of eggs, muesli, two kinds of fresh fruit, rolls and butter and great coffee, we met our guide Juan for a full day of trekking through the jungle. Juan is from the local Quechua tribe and only spoke Spanish and Quechi but thanks to Sivanne (again) and Omer's 35 year old Spanish making a comeback, we were able to understand everything he...

Travel day to the jungle. Sadly we left Banos and caught a four hour bus to Tena. Should I mention that these long, bumpy bus rides are torture when you can't stop to go to the bathroom. I am usually spending these days not drinking a drop of water. When I noticed he was taking a particularly long break in Puyo, I ran out to the high grass beside the bus stop to take a pee! We arrived in Tena which is already at a much lower elevation and immediately felt we were...