El Río Napo

This river is a tributary of the Amazon River. Our lodging was on the river and we spent a lot of time doing things in/on/around the water.  

The "canoes" we used to travel around.

My lovely little cabin. It was so perfect.

We swam here. The current wasn't exactly weak. Many of us jumped in using the rope swing attached to this tree.

We also tubed down the river and went through some awesome rapids. I managed to stay on the whole time.

At one of the communities we visited we learned how to pan for gold using their traditional method. I was the only one who wanted to try it. I found some! Two tiny, tiny, tiny particles.