Lobos del Rio

Today started out a lot better than I thought. We had to wake up at 5:30 AM and get on the boat at six. Juan Carlos nocked on our door but I was already up. We ate breakfast on the boat. It was something like a milanesa but it had chopped up red peppers and other things in it. We had to pass the Boca Manu village and go up the Manu River to get signed in at the ranger station.
In the station they had all sorts of exhibits about what animals live in the national park. I was really excited to see the "Lobo del Rio" (giant river otter) which is one of the main symbols of the national park along with the Harpie Eagle. We got to our campsite which were little cabins. There was a trail leading out of camp that I wanted to check out but the guides said we couldn't go without one of them.
Later we finally did go down there to the lake. There were two platforms and on the first one there was a really wierd bug. It had transparent wings and stuff comming out of its butt. It was kind of scarry and it looked like it was going to die but he was gone when we came back. We walked to the other platform and took the catamaran which is like two canoes with a strong big board over them and little benches. There were two places to row but mom wouldn't let us. We saw the Giant Otters and they gave us a very nice welcome. All of them put their necks and heads out of the water and started making a really weird sound in otter tongue! I could of listened to it all day but they were mostly playing tag so they didn't make that much noise. One of them caught a piranah with an orange belly and was showing off to the others by making big loud sounds while he was eating it. There were about 7 otters that had a light pink stomache and a color between light brown and gray for the body. I can't wait to see them tomorrow and I hope there will be more!