A visit to the Amazonian Forest - The Walk

Once we reached the resort everybody was worried about breakfast and lunch rather than being worried about getting into the jungle and enjoying the vistas.
So everybody got cooking for breakfast and lunch and by the time we were done it was almost 1 in the afternoon. So we had to opt for the short trip into the forest and a trip to the banks of the river Misahualli.
By 2:00 we left the resort for the short trek into the forest. Before that we had to wear gumboots and everybody was quite uncomfortable with the idea.
But by the end of even the short trip everybody had realized the worth of the gumboots and were thankful that they were forced to wear it.
The jungle was thick, despite it being close to the resort and despite the fact that many troupes went through the same motions. In some places our guide had to hack through the forest using his machete. So it gave a feeling of being deep in the jungle.
We got to see the cocoa tree which is the main ingredient of the chocolates that so many love to eat.

The cocoa plant

Also got to see a tree whose roots(?) one could use as a scrapper.

Scrapper Roots

Saw a huge tree which was about 150 years old. Never go around to asking its name or species.

The children dwarfed in front of the old tree. This is the base of the tree.

Soaring into the heights

Leaf cutter ants.

Got to see the leaf cutter ants (not a very good picture. Will try and provide a link to the video of the same).
At one point the guide took us through a tiny stream as there was a bee hive from which some bees were trying to actively sting the passer-bys.
Over all was a good walk.
What we missed was the tea-rain which is expected to happen in these jungles.