Amazon Ecosight

The mission trip I went on in the summer of ‘07 to the Amazon Jungle, Peru with an amazing organization called Adventures In Missions.

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Search online and book river cruises, hotel barge trips, expedition voyages, coastal cruises and sailing and yacht journeys.

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Deagle eco LULZ!

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The lodge has some nice boats with modern outboard engines, but one day they took us on a fishing/kayaking trip with the old boat - the old style engine was super loud (even our guides stuck their fingers in their ear)! But I thought it was fun to be cruising the river just like the locals do it. Our awesome senior guide, Raphael, is at the front of the boat making jokes with the younger staff. What a fun place, something we will never forget.

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Slap on tire chains, mash the peddle, and hold on….that’s how we get around in the tropical rain forest of Brazil.

We’re missionaries in northern brazil and use our VW bus to travel in the interior.

Unlike Canada and Europe where they have the VW 4×4 version, in Brazil we muscle through the mud and ruts with the 2wd version.

We’ve had up to 32 people in this bus, and carried up to 2,000 pounds in the rutted logging roads off the transamazon highway.

This VW is a brazilian 2000 kombi. It’s all factory original exept for a raised front chasis and added coil over springs on the front. The motor is a rear-mounted, flat 4, air-cooled, fuel injected, 1.6L

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See these exotic parrots as they live in the rainforest. Beautiful multicoloured macaws feed off the clay on the dried Amazonian river beds deep in the jungle. From the BBC.

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Plant life & birds work in partnership in the jungle to nurture the Amazon, whilst bears only native to this part of the world get a climbing lesson. From the BBC.

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A cute otter family is saved in the Amazon jungle. The sun in shining and the Amazon Abyss spotters find a family of South American otters. Luckily, they find a relaxed young animal family saved from being hunted for their fur through the work of keen biologists. Great clip from BBC wildlife documentary, Amazon Abyss.

Watch more Amazon Abyss clips with BBC Worldwide here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9405B1D94D753A7D

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A flood hits a fire ant colony in the Amazon jungle. An amazing chance to see footage on how the species has adapted to water to protect their queen. From the BBC.

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6 minutes highlighting the Samona Lodge, good times are ahead if you are ever get a chance to visit….
The protected Amazon reserve of Cuyabeno, covering over 6000 sq. km of pristine virgin rainforest, is an extensive network of inter-connected lakes, lagoons and rivers.
The area is home to over 500 Amazon bird species, 15 different species of monkey, a wealth of wildlife (pink freshwater dolphin, anaconda, capybara, caiman, tapir, manatee, piranha, ocelot, toucan, macaw, and much more), and an incredible average of 228 tree species per hectare. A true wildlife Mecca! Check out the lodge http://www.samona-expedition.com

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