Macedonia indigenous community

Trip Start Jul 22, 2008
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Trip End Jun 20, 2009


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Flag of Colombia  , Amazonas,
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

    Another great day today, filled with activities. This morning we visited "Casa de los Micos", a monkey sanctuary run by an American biologist who has been working here for 10  years, taking in, caring for and re-releasing monkeys confiscated by the environmental police. The sanctaury is quite near the lodge and as we arrived the monkeys came swinging down out of the trees and landed in the boat! They were absolutely georgous and very clever. If you weren't paying attention, you'd find little hands in your pockets looking for treats! We sat in the canoes for a good 2 hours playing with the monkeys and chatting to Sarah and the workers who are not only caring for the monkeys but researching their behaviour.
    After lunch we took a trip further upriver to the Macedonia community where we bought some lovely artisan goods in their little shop, chatted to some of the women and ate zapote with them (a kind of tropical fruit).
    After dinner we decided to do the nocturnal activity, going out on the River Mata Mata (a tributary at the side of the lodge) to spot some nocturnal wildlife and listen to the jungle. It was a full moon and everything was bathed in moonlight and it was so relaxing just to sit there listening to the jungle all around us. I wasn't as apprehensive as I thought I would be, probably because I could see everything so clearly in the moonlight. Unfortunately this meant there wasn't a lot of animals to be seen. It's easier to see them on darker nights apparently. We just saw a few pretty tropical frogs and contented ourselves just listening to the forest.
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