Welcome to Travel Tuesday! Today I’m going to walk you through Day 9 – Walking tour to the Clay Lick. This is a nine part series of my excursion to Peru. If you haven’t read the Travel Tuesday entries please take the time to check it out.
Just a quick recap:
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Day 1 - Flying from LAX to Lima, Peru
Monday, May 12 2008 Day 2 – Sightseeing in Lima
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Day 3 - Flying from Lima to Cusco
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Day 4 – Traveling by train to Machu Picchu
Thursday, May 15, 2008 Day 5 – Tour Pisac Market & Ollantaytambo
Friday, May 16, 2008 Day 6 – Tour City & Ruins Tour
Saturday, May 17, 2008 Day 7 – Flying to Puerto Maldonado, boat ride to Posada Amazonas
Sunday, May 18, 2008 Day 8 – Tour Tres Chimbadas Lake
Monday, May 19, 2008 Day 9 – Walking tour to the Clay Lick
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Day 10 – Airfare One Way Puerto Maldonado to Lima then Lima to LAX
Let’s begin. Monday, May 19, 2008 Day 9 – Walking tour to the Clay Lick
After an early morning breakfast, I visited the clay lick once again in hopes that we will see a lot more activity. The clay lick is a 10 minute walk from the lodge, but next to the river.
Scarlet and Green Macaw, larger parrots, smaller parrots and parakeets visit this lick. We stood behind the blind where we were able to enjoy a close look at their behavior and take these amazing photos.
We saw Blue‑headed Parrots, Orange‑cheeked Parrots, Cobalt‑winged Parakeets, and sometimes even the rare Rock Parakeet.
Amazingly, the variety of parrots that visit the clay lick is considerably different than the one inside the forest.
The strangest thing is not far from the parrots was this hawk. I can’t remember what type it was as out tour guide mentioned it. I couldn’t get over how the hawk just sat doing nothing at all. Must not of been hungry.
A boat came by scarring the parrots away.
I loved seeing them fly. Seeing the hint of color in sky was breath taking.
It amazes me the wing span that they have. How each feather forms and molds.
On the way back we saw a millipede.
Photographed a mosquito.
This guy no idea what it is. All I know is they have some type of bacteria growing out of them.
Here’s anther view of it. I was told to stand back away from them.
I’ve never seen a walking stick before. It was pretty cool.
Tree spiders.
Small little Dung Beetle.
This was the spot we were after. It’s called the look out. It’s were we are able to look out into the jungle and below the amazon river.
Caterpillar
Glass butterfly. I saw this breed in Seattle, WA at the Pacific Design Center and I was caught off guard by the unusual transparent wings. This butterfly would not allow me to photograph it. It kept on moving. Almost got me separated from the group as I really wanted to capture it in the wild. Not only the wild but capture it in the Amazon!
Once again I heard something behind us. This time I knew it was big. Anther group of Lion Face Tamarin came our way.
At one time they came so close we could of reach out and touched their tails.
We looked at them and they looked at us.
Remember when I said I had something flying around in my room at night. Well I found what it was. I had two resident bats living in the rafters of my room. I called them of course, Batman and Robin.
We leave from the lobby at Posada Amazonas and embark on a two hour hike crowned by the largest tree in the vicinity: a Giant Ceiba Tree. During the hike we will focus on the natural history of the rain forest and its principal taxonomic groups.
The tree figures in the mythologies of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, in particular that of the Maya civilization, where the concept of the central world tree is often depicted as a ceiba trunk, which connects the planes of the Underworld (Xibalba), the terrestrial realm and the skies. The unmistakable thick conical thorns in clusters on the trunk were reproduced by the southern lowland Maya of the Classical Period on cylindrical ceramic burial urns or incense holders. Modern Maya still often respectfully leave the tree standing when harvesting forest timber
Here’s a video I created of this enormous tree.
This concludes Day 9 at the clay lick, overlook and then the visit with the Celiba Tree. Tomorrow is a very sad day, as I remember well. It’s the day I return to Lima and then boarding my last plane home. Before I leave I have to share some great photographs with you on my very last Peruvian adventure series. Day 10.
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