From T. Nelson

Thanks you all so much. We have wonderful memories of our time on the Delfin I and our trip to the Amazon.

You can see that we have adopted some table decorating practices from our trip.

The attached photo was taken of our kitchen table.

Meredith and Audrey so enjoy decorating our table (similar to the Delfin) with keepsakes from our trip.

I hope all is well.

Tom

From Monica Quiroz

No sé si fue el calor o la calidez de la bienvenida, pero inmediatamente pensé que había elegido bien mi destino, intuí que mi paso por la amazonia a bordo de El Delfín seria una experiencia intensa y llena de aventura y sorpresa. Esa intuición me trajo paz y me entregue a la vida delante de mí. No tarde mucho en dejarme seducir por la belleza a mí alrededor y enamorarme de este paraíso terrenal hasta las lágrimas. Lagrimas de quien se siente maravillosamente abrumada por la naturaleza virgen que nos remece, nos llama la atención a lo verdadero de este mundo, al lugar de donde todos venimos, pero no siempre visitamos, o, dejamos atrás.

Saving a Anhinga

It was late afternoon; we were at the mouth of the Dorado River, this dry season is presenting itself early, the river has been receding rapidly so I think this excursion by boat through the waterways will be the last of the wet season. We went through a very narrow stream of shallow waters, we got stuck, so Roque our captain had to jump into the water and push us out while we bounced from one side to the other to help get the boat out.

Finally we got out, and started to cruise up river, the water was almost green with lots of algae which has grown because at this time there is less oxygen in the water. We met up with a troop of squirrel monkeys, they were a large group, actually they ware also accompanied by white capuchin monkeys mixed with the troop. They sometimes travel together; it’s common to see these two species together. We were very concentrated watching this loud group jumping from one tree to another.

Suddenly on the other side of the river we saw an anhinga, it was a male, black with long straight bill and very long slender neck and silvery patches on the upper wing. He was standing very still on a dead tree trunk protruding out of the water; looking intently down at the water very close to the trunk of the tree. Roque told our guide that there must be something in the water; first they thought it might be a caiman, so we approached but as we got closer the anhinga flew away.

Our guide Adonay saw that there was a bird under the water, the only thing that could be seen was a wing with the feathers all spread out. We got very close to see what was going on…..it was also an anhinga; we thought it was diving to catch fish.