Our third day exploring the rainforest-
Today had somewhat of a food focus... from the exotic to the more familiar...grubs, fruits, nuts, cocoa, fish...very interesting indeed!
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| Howler monkeys |
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| Mosquitos- No, this is NOT photoshopped- When they say you need insect repellant in the rainforest, they mean it! |
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| Suri Grubs- These grubs eat the nut meat of the fruit of the Babassa Palm tree & as they grow they fill in the space. Javier hacked open the nut with his machete & explained that these grubs were once a main food (protein) source for the Amazonian indigenous peoples and enjoyed by some still today... |
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| ...and a brave young traveller decides to try a bite... |
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| hmm...."tastes like chicken" |
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| Pineapple |
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| Brazil nuts- Unique from other nuts in that they grow bundled in a large shell similar to a coconut on a tree that can reach 50 meters (165 feet) high. The harvesting process is both dangerous and laborious. A knock on the head from one of these falling fruits that weigh around 2 kilos each, can be fatal. Locals must wait until the fruits drop & then dig to find them because the force of the fall buries them nearly a foot in the ground! |
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| Ready to try their hand at making Chocolate Bread from cocoa harvested locally- |
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| Anything for chocolate... |
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| Ready to catch a fish- Wonder what we can catch in these waters just steps away from our cabana? |
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| Piranha!! Tiny but fierce- |
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| Nightime rainforest ritual- Reading under mosquito nets |
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