Amazonian adventure

So we are back safe and sound in Quito, relaxing a bit after a great adventure in the amazon. We kicked off our trip by flying into the city of Lago Agrio (where we almost missed our flight as it was bumped up earlier, but the flight ended up running late where we met up with Tim, Ryan and Devin. We met our tour company and quickly packed all of our belongings into dry packs and started out on a 3ish hour drive into the jungle. We passed small towns and enjoyed the scenery as everything was so green and so humid (our cameras didin´t work at first as they were all fogged up). We arrived at the river and started a few hours of canoeing down stream and then our guide, Diego, took us down a detour...... so as it was getting dark we canoed through, over and around fallen trees that our guide cut a path with his machette. Wow that was definetly a highlight and we´ll have to tell you more later. We arrived to a candlelight campsite that had been set up for us and food waiting. We continued on with more canoeing the next day and arrived at our jungle lodge. We saw all kinds of animals (anacondas-15ft, caiman, monkeys, fresh water dolphins, lots of birds, insects, sloth....and the list goes on)! We had the oppritunity to do some fishing for pirhanas...we weren´t too successful. Some of our other adventures included going to a village, going on a night walk, and a jungle walk where we learned the ways of the native ecudorian tribes. Dennis swung on some vines, ate some ants that tasted like lemons as well as some larvae. Lots more stories too tell...... We ventured back with a motor boat and are all set up at our hostel in old town quito. Looks beautiful here and we will spend the next day exploring before heading off down south to a small town called Salinas. We have been feeling fine (mom an dad) and yes we are taking lots of pictures. We have had a wonderful time seeing Tim and sharing part of our adventure with him. Thanks for all the prayers and support.