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| Hummingbird! |
Sunday we went to the butterfly house which was gorgeous. Julia had a giant butterfly land on her and didn’t wan’t to leaver her but mummy was so covered in mosquito repellent that the butterflies were flying away from her! We saw dozens of vivid hummingbirds “humming” away in the trees. We visited an orchid garden. It was just the garden of a local lady who rushed ut to meet us with a magnifying glass. Bit stunned by this reception but we paid up our $2 and off we went.
Some of the orchids were amazing, we saw TINY flowers which were about 1-2mm big but perfect in form and detail.
After lunch we went on a tour of a chocolate factory (had to be done!) Was extremely interesting and the free samples were scrumptious! In the evening we went to a frog concert! Such an unusual but great idea. A hotel had built a nature reserve and at night they took us a on a tour in the edge of the forrest (in torchlight) and showed us tree frogs and toads. Low lights was spotting a HUGE spider but the highlight was some ubelievable glowing bacteria which made the wood glow in the dark.
Some of the orchids were amazing, we saw TINY flowers which were about 1-2mm big but perfect in form and detail.
After lunch we went on a tour of a chocolate factory (had to be done!) Was extremely interesting and the free samples were scrumptious! In the evening we went to a frog concert! Such an unusual but great idea. A hotel had built a nature reserve and at night they took us a on a tour in the edge of the forrest (in torchlight) and showed us tree frogs and toads. Low lights was spotting a HUGE spider but the highlight was some ubelievable glowing bacteria which made the wood glow in the dark.
Monday we were up at 5am, yuck, to go bird watching at 6am. I can’t remember everything we saw (26 different species apparently) but I do remember seeing different Toucans! 
The colours here are almost unreal-we saw golden, red, green and bright turquoise birds! Makes our British Robin seem quite dull in comparition. In the afternnon we went tubing down the river. Errm do you know what tubing is? It’s big rubber rings tied together, we sat on top of them and then you go down the river on the rubber rings.
Completely mad! Was sooo much fun though! Got totally wet of course so had to get back to Mindo in the back of a pick up truck. As I said to my mum; you haven’t had the full South America experience until you’ve ridden in the back of a truck J
The colours here are almost unreal-we saw golden, red, green and bright turquoise birds! Makes our British Robin seem quite dull in comparition. In the afternnon we went tubing down the river. Errm do you know what tubing is? It’s big rubber rings tied together, we sat on top of them and then you go down the river on the rubber rings. 
Completely mad! Was sooo much fun though! Got totally wet of course so had to get back to Mindo in the back of a pick up truck. As I said to my mum; you haven’t had the full South America experience until you’ve ridden in the back of a truck J
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