Tour 2: Mostly Amazon.

With sounds of the Amazon.

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Treefrog, the Amazon.

Treefrog, the Amazon.

Kids at play, the Amazon.

Resting place, the Amazon. Sleeping outside at night without a mosquito net would be hazardous!

Canopy walkway, 120 feet up, at the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research.

Yagua hunter with blowgun.

Yagua boy with face painted with dye from the annatto plant.

Explorama lodge, deep in the Peruvian Amazon.

Wild tapir, letting himself into the kitchen to check for leftovers.

Eight-foot diameter lilypads, the Amazon.

Ginger flower, the Amazon.

Crane roosting at night, Costa Rica.

Heliconia butterfly, Costa Rica.

Turtle sunning himself.

Glasswing butterfly, Monteverde Cloudforest Preserve, Costa Rica.

Spiny caterpillar, Costa Rica.

Saddleback caterpillar, Costa Rica.

Keel-billed toucan. Fortunately international treaties prohibit the capture and exportation of these beautiful birds. It doesn't stop some from winding up in cages, though.

Birdwatchers, Costa Rica.

Squirrel monkey, Costa Rica.

Commuting, Tortuguerro, Costa Rica.

Camouflaged lizard.

Tarantula wasp attacking a tarantula to paralyze it, drag it back to its lair, and lay its eggs upon it! Costa Rica.

Amazon sunset.