Greetings from the cloud forest!!  We completed the first leg of our adventure in the lowland Amazon rainforest.  Toucans, tarantulas, hoatzins, scarlet macaws, and caiman…just to name a handful of the species we observed in one of the most biodiverse places on earth. The Shiripuno Lodge made us feel at home in the most remote place most folks in our group will ever experience.  The rainfall was epic, even by Amazon standards.  A lifetime of experiences and stories, and considerable personal growth for students ...