asakiyume: (shaft of light)
When we went to the Amazon in July, I took this photo of a banyan, also known as an arbol caminante, or walking tree, because of how it spreads. The water was low at this point--you can see the ground beneath the tree.

renaco, lago tarapoto

Now here are some banyans in March, when the water was much higher. You can no longer see the ground! But you can also see the high-water mark--that's how much higher the water will rise.

renaco, lagos yahuarcaca

I promised some pictures of me in a banyan... )

We went in a canoe with no motor, just paddles, for this trip into the flooded forest. R and L, my husband-and-wife guide team, took up the paddles, and I felt too colonialist "explorer" for words and said, "I can do some paddling," and R said, "Oh you have a job. It's to scoop out the water as it seeps in."

This was my scoop:
water scoop

(This job was not very demanding.)

There were beautiful flowers...

flower, flooded forest

flores matamata

From time to time R made a loud "oump! oump!" call.

"What are you calling?" I asked.

"Cayman," he said.

But who answered was not a cayman but an unseen fisherman. L giggled.

We saw a sloth! And then both R and L whistled for it. Apparently female sloths whistle (or scream) to attract a mate.

More flooded forest...

lagos yahuarcaca

grama lote

And the flooded coast

high water off Mocagua

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