Hello.
We took 13 high school students deep into the Amazon jungle.... and came out of it all pretty well. No one got sick, bitten by some crazy ant (and there are a lot of crazy ants!) or bug or drowned in the river during a storm.

It was really amazing~ so crazy to be in the jungle ~the real jungle. Chris would be reading about the rain forest in a book 'Tropical Nature' and we'd see the very things he was reading about.
Anyway, it's Sunday night so I 'll just post a few preview pictures and we'll post more about the trip very soon.

Did I mention how we got there? We flew to Coca ( a short, 30 minute flight) then took a boat for 2 hours down the Napo River

and then took a bus (Chiva) through the Repsol oil company's land for 1 and 1/2 hours

to the Tiputini River and another boat ride for about 2 1/2 hours to the research station.

The accommodations were pretty rustic since it's designed for researchers, not tourists. No hot water and electricity for only a few hours each day. and everything seemed very moist because of all the rain.

Each day we would split the students into two groups and chris and I would each take a group with a guide and head out for our adventures.

We'll post more very soon but wanted to let you know we made it back safely and loved the jungle.