Robin's Jungle Trip

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This is me, Robin, in the jungle


Hi its Robin here. I went to the jungle last week. I’m going to be telling you about that today.

I got very exited to go to the jungle.  

                                                              

Lago Agrio bus station arrival. We made it!

First of all how we got there from Cuenca. We took a thirteen hour long bus ride to Lago Agrio and stayed a night in a hotel and saw vultures over the pool and tried not to go under the coconut tree. We went to this park that had animals too and we saw the second to biggest snakes in the whole entire world, the anaconda.  It was a female so it was about 7 meters long.  We took a two hour long bus ride to the deep jungle, ate breakfast there, and then took a two hour long canoe ride to our lodge we were staying at.  

                                                                       

leaving Cuyabeno bridge to go into the deep jungle

                                                                  


    We saw gigantic blue beautiful butterflies, then we saw a duck, then two types of monkeys- the Saki monkey and the woolly monkey.  We saw two different species just in two hours and we were staying in the deep jungle for five days.  Once we got there, it was raining very hard and so we grabbed multiple umbrellas and went to our personal cabin that we got assigned and changed clothes and went back to the main cabin.             
                                                         

Sometimes it was rainy in the jungle, but they had umbrellas for us.

                                                                    
Nicky Lodge cabins. There were no walls! Just roofs, screens, and mosquito nets.

Reading with my mom in the hammock.


We saw lots of bugs and insects.  We got served for breakfast as a normal size for dinner and for lunch the biggest thing I have ever had in my whole entire life same as dinner.  We went on a night walk and saw so many things.  We saw a stick bug that was the size of a leaf.  It was very cool.  We saw a frog, lots of them and many different kinds.  We saw a snake called the vine snake it was very viney.  We saw a lot and a lot and a lot of ants.  We saw crickets and we saw a scorpion spider!  We saw a fuzzy caterpillar.  We saw about 14 species that night.  The next day we all went on a canoe ride  and saw a lot of stuff, like two types of monkeys-  the red howler monkey and the squirrel monkey.  It was very cool.  King fishers , Eagles, in the whole trip we saw about 50 species of birds,  and that’s just birds!  We went back to the cabin and went on a walk later and saw lots of toads and lots of stuff that indigenous people used to use when they were sick or if they were mad and one plant was to get kids out of bed.   Really that is all I can name but that is really how they do the hard stuff, like getting medicine - with plants.  So I definitely can not name all of them but if I memorized them I probably could.  We saw lots and lots of things.  We went back, ate dinner, and went to bed. 

                                                                    

The Viney snake

Squirrel monkey 

Tarantula 

Lizard on our night walk

Jungle canoe
                                                                                 
                                                                                    
                                                   Black Tamarind monkeys at our lodge

The next day, we went on the canoe so we could see some animals and we were going to come back in the night.  We went on the canoe ride and we saw dolphins and monkeys and a lot of birds and we saw this beautiful sunset.  It was so beautiful.  We went swimming and it felt so good.  Then we went to our cabin and on the way we saw a night monkey and we also saw two types of caimans.  We saw the speckled caiman and the black caiman.  We saw fishing bats.  Once we got to the cabin, we changed and read one or two chapters in our book.  Then we ate dinner and also had dessert and then went to bed.  Then the next day we went on a canoe ride to see some stuff and we saw monkeys just like we always see and we saw some dolphins and lots of birds.  The next day we went on canoe ride and saw a lot of stuff and I do not remember any of the names.  Then once we got to our cabin we went on a walk and saw a snake and we saw lots of things that indigenous people use to do a lot of stuff with.  They all live in the jungle so they need to get stuff  to survive like stuff that we have in the states that they don’t have in the jungle. We kept walking and all the way, I would say, across the jungle but it definitely was not across the jungle.  It also got dark and that is when we saw the snake.  

                                                                    

Ceiba tree, the biggest tree in the jungle that can be used as a drum when you hit it’s roots

Our guide, Evi, teaching us about how to use jungle plants.

Me on a jungle vine
                                                          
                                               Leaf Cutter Ants!                                                                
Sam swimming in Cuyabeno lake, watch out for the anacondas!

Sunset at Cuyabeno lake


Then we got home it was the tiniest bit raining and some of us changed clothes and some others did not.  Then we ate dinner and dessert and then some read or played a game or two and then we all went to bed.   The next day I slept in and every body else went on the canoe and saw a lot of things like the smallest monkey in the world!  And then every body else went back to the cabin.  I woke up and every one saw me.  We ate breakfast and then got ready to go home.   We got in the canoe and went home.  We said  a goodbye and went on the bus.  If you ever go to the jungle I would really recommend the Nicky Lodge.    

                                                                    


My mom and I painted in the jungle and here are our Toucans and Parrots:






           


Comments

  1. Editorial StaffSeptember 27, 2021 at 9:39 PM

    Robin, my palms were sweating as I read this! What an exciting adventure into the jungle. I really do not like snakes, so I think I would have been so nervous the whole time. And that tarantula!! Holy Smokes!! That's a serious spider. I'm happy that you made it out of the jungle to file this report. I can't wait to read your next post. -Val Edwards (I think that your blog recognizes me as the Edwards Times Editorial Staff... I'm not sure how to change that... will work on it). Have fun!

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  2. Alaska JamieOctober 14, 2021 at 1:23 AM

    Robin! Thank you for sharing your story with us, you are such a good writer. I tried to leave a comment before, but I don't see it here now. Maybe because it was on my phone. We are looking forward to doing the Amazon trip here in a few weeks, so it was very fun to read your story. We bought our tickets to Ecuador, and are planning to be in Cuenca around the first week of December. We should know exact dates soon. We look forward to seeing you guys!

    -Jamie & Jake

    PS it is getting colder in Alaska, the leaves are almost off the trees. Also, the chickens say hi.

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  3. UnknownNovember 24, 2021 at 9:07 AM

    Robin. You are a really good story teller - and what a story !
    I think if we send a woman to the moon , you would be my pick .
    You are comfortable in just about any setting and you can speak
    spanish . And should I add that you are a superb athlete !
    I loved your vast new network of jungle friends , the animals- I think they
    were very happy to meet and interact with you. I knew you could
    always do that with people of all ages , but I never knew it would extend
    to jungle animals. So, great job !! I cannot wait for your next post.
    Love
    Rocko

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