My 2 cents

Okay, so Leah has done an amazing job describing the first leg of our vacation, I just thought I would make a few comments of my own. Being the lucky person I am, I have had the opportunity to visit the falls twice now, and both experiences were equally amazing.

I never realized one month difference could change the falls so much. It was 20 degrees hotter, much sunnier, and full of mosquitoes. Thankfully Leah and I had the foresight to purchase suntan lotion and bug spray before the visiting the falls, with the latter having the amazing brand name of "Fush!" I am also grateful to Leah for being equally, if not more, insane than I about applying our suntan lotion. I think we must have stopped every hour to put more on, yet I still managed to get red. Why am I so pale?!

Anyways, there was also more wildlife this time around. Last month I saw iguanas, a tucan, and coatis. The coatis were actually my favorite part. They are the south american version of the raccoon and will steal your food from you if you turn to look somewhere else. There were signs everywhere saying to watch out because they may bite, but I just thought they were too cute to do so. Then out of the jungle lumbered this giant coati that had a coller on it. Something tells me that that fat guy was the reason for all of the signs.

This time there were fewer coatis, but a lot more iguanas and little lizards. An iguana actually sprinted across my feet when i was walking up the side of the waterfall. I had no idea that lizards could move that fast, so it was pretty cool. We saw birds, termites, and giant ants similar to those in the 4th Indiana Jones, so you can imagine how gross they were. We even saw wild guinea pigs.

San Ignacio was also pretty cool and Leah didn't get a chance to mention my favorite part of the entire visit. We kind of joined a tour group, but about two minutes in realized we were the youngest people in the group by about 50 years and probably joined a private tour we weren't supposed to be on. The best part was the crazy old woman who made the group go into the shade and then basically fired questions at the tour guide for about 10 minutes. The poor guy answered them the best he could and afterword the woman insisted she be allowed to sit down because she was tired. Now I don't know if this was explained very well, but The San Ignacio ruins were spread out over about 6 acres of land, and we had only walked past the entrance. I don't know what this woman was thinking, but if she was already tired after having walked about 4 feet, how was she going to do the whole tour? I couldn't help but think her exhaustion was due to the heavy black jumpsuit she was wearing with about 10 lbs of jewelry and her high heels. We obviously took a picture of her and will post it as soon as possible.

Posadas was amazing and we will update soon. I also just want to take this moment to thank the game "Amazon Trail." Because of this game, (similar to Oregon Trail,) Leah and I were able to recognize most of the animals our tour guide talked about during the jungle tour and when we went to the Puma reserve in Posadas. Who knew that game was so accurate?