1 01:00:05,208 --> 01:00:08,166 Hey guys, today is a very special video 2 01:00:08,166 --> 01:00:10,791 because I'm in Cuyabeno, 3 01:00:10,791 --> 01:00:14,583 which is the Amazon part of Ecuador. 4 01:00:14,583 --> 01:00:18,166 So Amazon is also in Colombia, 5 01:00:18,166 --> 01:00:19,666 in Peru, in Brazil, 6 01:00:19,666 --> 01:00:23,416 but this is the part which belongs to Ecuador. 7 01:00:23,416 --> 01:00:24,541 So now I am all ready. 8 01:00:24,541 --> 01:00:26,708 I have my raincoat, I have my hat, 9 01:00:26,708 --> 01:00:28,458 I have my mosquito repellent. 10 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:30,458 We're going to be doing a lot of activities. 11 01:00:30,458 --> 01:00:31,875 We're going to be going to the lake. 12 01:00:31,875 --> 01:00:33,666 We're going to see a lot of animals. 13 01:00:33,666 --> 01:00:35,708 So, I hope to see Anaconda as well. 14 01:00:35,708 --> 01:00:38,041 Right now, I'm 12 hours away 15 01:00:38,041 --> 01:00:41,083 by bus from Quito, the capital of Ecuador. 16 01:00:41,083 --> 01:00:43,666 And from here, I'm actually waiting 17 01:00:43,666 --> 01:00:45,375 for the canoe to come 18 01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:47,625 and pick me up to go to the lodge. 19 01:00:47,625 --> 01:00:50,291 It's going to take me 2 hours in canoe. 20 01:01:19,708 --> 01:01:21,166 Guide: Do you remember that I told you, 21 01:01:21,166 --> 01:01:22,875 you can see them (monkeys) very close? 22 01:01:29,458 --> 01:01:31,500 Guide: So you can appreciate it much better. 23 01:01:36,458 --> 01:01:38,083 Guide: There's the capuchin monkey. 24 01:01:38,083 --> 01:01:39,208 Pay attention. 25 01:01:39,208 --> 01:01:43,208 You'll see a bigger Capuchin with coffee color. 26 01:01:43,708 --> 01:01:46,166 Look, a woodcreeper (a bird). 27 01:01:51,041 --> 01:01:53,541 Guide: This capuchin is in the group 28 01:01:53,541 --> 01:01:56,416 of smartest monkeys. It's a carnivore, 29 01:01:57,541 --> 01:02:00,000 its tail is prehensile? Like you can see. 30 01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,416 Different from the barizo monkey. 31 01:02:03,875 --> 01:02:05,833 They don't fight. 32 01:02:12,166 --> 01:02:13,875 It's not common to see Capuchin 33 01:02:13,875 --> 01:02:15,625 and barizos together. 34 01:02:15,625 --> 01:02:19,625 Obviously, there are less capuchin, 35 01:02:22,250 --> 01:02:24,291 Look another capuchin. 36 01:02:26,125 --> 01:02:30,125 That last capuchin is adult size. See? 37 01:02:34,875 --> 01:02:36,083 Grace: Can they swim too? 38 01:02:36,083 --> 01:02:38,875 Guide: Yes, they are good swimmers. 39 01:02:38,875 --> 01:02:40,333 But if they are unlucky, 40 01:02:40,333 --> 01:02:43,583 there might be a caiman (alligator) :( 41 01:02:46,166 --> 01:02:49,250 Guide: Place your life jackets there. 42 01:02:54,625 --> 01:02:56,625 I just arrived here 15 minutes ago, 43 01:02:56,625 --> 01:02:59,583 and by the river, I saw pink dolphin. 44 01:02:59,583 --> 01:03:01,125 Actually, instead of 2 hours, 45 01:03:01,125 --> 01:03:04,416 it took us 3 hours to get here by the canoe. 46 01:03:04,416 --> 01:03:07,291 So on the way, we saw monkeys, 47 01:03:07,291 --> 01:03:09,083 like three types of monkeys, 48 01:03:09,083 --> 01:03:10,958 and also different types of birds. 49 01:03:10,958 --> 01:03:13,041 So, in this lodge, they only 50 01:03:13,041 --> 01:03:14,791 give us like about 5 hours 51 01:03:14,791 --> 01:03:16,708 of electricity per day, 52 01:03:16,708 --> 01:03:19,625 but it's enough to get a phone charge 53 01:03:19,625 --> 01:03:21,708 and everything. Really clean and 54 01:03:21,708 --> 01:03:24,166 really nice and the most important thing is 55 01:03:24,625 --> 01:03:25,833 there's no internet. 56 01:04:22,916 --> 01:04:25,583 Grace: Is it alive or is it only skin? 57 01:04:25,583 --> 01:04:30,750 The anaconda is over here and that's an old tree. 58 01:04:37,583 --> 01:04:38,875 Grace: Is it an anaconda? 59 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,458 Guide: Yes, it's an anaconda. 60 01:04:41,333 --> 01:04:43,791 Grace: But is it an adult? 61 01:04:43,791 --> 01:04:45,166 Guide: Yes, it's an adult, a female. 62 01:04:47,916 --> 01:04:50,166 Grace: But why isn't it moving? 63 01:04:50,166 --> 01:04:53,750 Guide: it's resting, it's changing skin, 64 01:04:53,750 --> 01:04:56,916 it's resting. If it gets bothered, 65 01:04:56,916 --> 01:04:59,375 then it might fall into the water 66 01:04:59,375 --> 01:05:00,583 or want to eat you. 67 01:05:05,291 --> 01:05:08,416 Grace: How big is it approximately (meters)? 68 01:05:08,416 --> 01:05:10,416 Guide: Like 6-8 Meters, 69 01:05:10,416 --> 01:05:15,083 I think 8 meters, it's thick. 70 01:05:32,666 --> 01:05:34,541 Guide: Hows the water? Is it hot? 71 01:05:34,541 --> 01:05:36,541 Grace: It's not that cold. 72 01:05:36,541 --> 01:05:39,083 Guide: Today there wasn't much sun, 73 01:05:39,083 --> 01:05:39,916 only in the afternoon, 74 01:05:39,916 --> 01:05:43,666 when it's sunny, the temp goes up, 75 01:05:43,666 --> 01:05:46,875 but it's is always a pleasant temperature. 76 01:05:51,500 --> 01:05:52,416 Mom come. 77 01:05:55,083 --> 01:05:56,250 Mom come. 78 01:06:24,041 --> 01:06:26,000 So, I'm about to go walk in the forest. 79 01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,000 So, we're going to go take this boat 80 01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:29,833 and stop somewhere in the forest 81 01:06:29,833 --> 01:06:32,458 and find some cool animals. 82 01:06:51,333 --> 01:06:52,750 So, I'm about to go on a trail. 83 01:06:52,750 --> 01:06:55,291 It's called El Saladero. 84 01:06:55,291 --> 01:06:59,083 So right now, we are about at this spot, 85 01:06:59,083 --> 01:07:01,500 and we're going up to here. 86 01:07:01,541 --> 01:07:03,625 Mom, it's a bit slippery here. 87 01:07:06,125 --> 01:07:08,333 We're right in the center of the Earth. 88 01:07:08,333 --> 01:07:10,166 So this is the equator line. 89 01:07:10,166 --> 01:07:12,166 It passes through this line. 90 01:07:27,250 --> 01:07:29,833 Guide: Indigenous people used 91 01:07:29,833 --> 01:07:32,416 to use this to grate cassava. 92 01:07:35,291 --> 01:07:37,625 The spikes are hard, very strong. 93 01:07:37,625 --> 01:07:40,625 If you touch, it hurts a lot. 94 01:07:41,125 --> 01:07:43,083 It worked as a natural grater. 95 01:07:59,083 --> 01:08:00,791 Guide: You can try eating the bugs. 96 01:08:00,791 --> 01:08:03,666 It's not poisonous or toxic. 97 01:08:05,250 --> 01:08:07,125 You can take it home to make 98 01:08:07,125 --> 01:08:11,458 lemon with tequila :) 99 01:08:12,416 --> 01:08:13,458 Lemon! 100 01:08:22,291 --> 01:08:25,500 For a horse :) 101 01:08:39,375 --> 01:08:40,375 I just finished the hike, 102 01:08:40,375 --> 01:08:42,708 and now I'm going into the water! 103 01:08:49,541 --> 01:08:52,000 Stick out your tongue! 104 01:09:30,166 --> 01:09:34,875 Coming up? Not yet! Never. 105 01:09:37,916 --> 01:09:40,541 Crocodile hunting. Caiman. 106 01:09:44,125 --> 01:09:47,916 We just saw a crocodile, it was hiding. 107 01:09:47,916 --> 01:09:49,708 I only saw the top part. 108 01:09:51,625 --> 01:09:52,375 So this morning, 109 01:09:52,375 --> 01:09:54,750 I woke up and had breakfast. 110 01:09:54,750 --> 01:09:58,125 Now we are on our way to the community. 111 01:09:58,125 --> 01:10:01,833 A small community inside this Amazon forest. 112 01:10:01,833 --> 01:10:03,416 So, it's going to take us about 113 01:10:03,416 --> 01:10:05,041 one hour to get there. 114 01:10:06,166 --> 01:10:07,958 There we'll get to meet Shaman. 115 01:10:07,958 --> 01:10:11,458 Shaman are like a doctor in the village. 116 01:10:17,333 --> 01:10:17,875 So, right now, 117 01:10:17,875 --> 01:10:20,041 I'm in front of a tree called Ceibo. 118 01:10:20,041 --> 01:10:22,208 In Ecuador, they call it that way. 119 01:10:22,208 --> 01:10:25,916 So this tree is really big and really sacred. 120 01:10:25,916 --> 01:10:31,333 So there's a belief that if you hug the tree, 121 01:10:31,333 --> 01:10:32,875 it gives you good luck. 122 01:10:32,875 --> 01:10:34,375 If you hit the tree really hard, 123 01:10:34,375 --> 01:10:35,666 it makes a really loud sound, 124 01:10:35,666 --> 01:10:37,833 and it gives the signal 125 01:10:37,833 --> 01:10:39,125 like someone is there attacking, 126 01:10:39,125 --> 01:10:41,291 you gotta hide. Something like that. 127 01:11:01,041 --> 01:11:03,541 Really cool and seriously really big, 128 01:11:03,541 --> 01:11:05,791 like the biggest tree I've seen in Amazon, 129 01:11:05,791 --> 01:11:07,208 here so far. 130 01:11:07,208 --> 01:11:09,166 And there's this rope-like thing 131 01:11:09,166 --> 01:11:11,625 hanging from the very top to here. 132 01:11:11,625 --> 01:11:14,541 Now I know Tarzan really existed. 133 01:11:22,500 --> 01:11:25,416 You got it! 134 01:11:38,666 --> 01:11:40,750 Guide: Let's see Grace. Give me your hand. 135 01:11:52,583 --> 01:11:54,708 Guide: A lot of protein, a lot of minerals, 136 01:11:54,708 --> 01:11:56,583 very good. Haha, just kidding! 137 01:12:01,583 --> 01:12:02,208 Let's go! 138 01:12:34,833 --> 01:12:37,333 We just got some cassava from outside 139 01:12:37,333 --> 01:12:39,833 fresh from the ground. 140 01:12:39,833 --> 01:12:42,125 And now we are grating it 141 01:12:42,125 --> 01:12:43,416 together with my group. 142 01:12:43,416 --> 01:12:45,500 And, then later we're making 143 01:12:45,500 --> 01:12:46,500 some bread with it. 144 01:12:52,791 --> 01:12:55,791 Does it hurt? Yes, it's bleeding. 145 01:13:00,375 --> 01:13:03,375 I lost! 146 01:13:09,166 --> 01:13:10,708 They were just talking about it :) 147 01:13:10,708 --> 01:13:12,291 They were just talking about the silly 148 01:13:12,291 --> 01:13:13,583 foreigners that cut themselves. 149 01:13:15,458 --> 01:13:17,750 This reminds me of tapioca 150 01:13:17,750 --> 01:13:20,875 that I used to eat a lot in Brazil. 151 01:13:20,875 --> 01:13:24,000 In Brazil, this type of cooking, 152 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:26,916 so cassava cooked like this, 153 01:13:26,916 --> 01:13:28,458 is called tapioca. 154 01:13:28,458 --> 01:13:32,583 And we eat with nutella, or sometimes chicken, 155 01:13:32,583 --> 01:13:34,875 or whatever that you wanna put. 156 01:13:45,958 --> 01:13:49,250 The shaman was teaching us the indigenous language. 157 01:13:50,333 --> 01:13:52,083 My name is Grace 158 01:13:52,541 --> 01:13:56,250 I am from Thailand. 159 01:13:57,208 --> 01:13:59,458 Meaning: my name is Grace 160 01:13:59,458 --> 01:14:00,916 and I'm from Thailand. 161 01:14:06,875 --> 01:14:09,750 The shaman is hitting us with thorny leaves. 162 01:14:09,750 --> 01:14:13,541 And with this, he says that he cure us 163 01:14:13,541 --> 01:14:16,208 So I told him that i have a back pain. 164 01:14:16,416 --> 01:14:20,333 And he's trying to help me. Let's see if it works. 165 01:14:29,833 --> 01:14:30,625 Painful! 166 01:14:39,833 --> 01:14:41,000 Come! come! 167 01:15:03,750 --> 01:15:05,083 We're in the middle of the forest 168 01:15:05,083 --> 01:15:08,333 looking for little animals like grasshoppers, 169 01:15:08,333 --> 01:15:11,583 cockroaches, and spiders. 170 01:15:11,583 --> 01:15:13,500 And we saw a few really cool ones. 171 01:15:29,375 --> 01:15:31,791 And, now we're going back to see the snake. 172 01:15:31,791 --> 01:15:34,791 The anaconda that we saw on the first day. 173 01:15:34,791 --> 01:15:37,500 to check if it's still there waiting for me. 174 01:15:42,750 --> 01:15:44,416 Guide (to Grace): only up to there! 175 01:15:44,416 --> 01:15:45,083 Don't touch! 176 01:15:45,083 --> 01:15:45,583 Grace: Why ? 177 01:15:45,583 --> 01:15:46,375 He just said so. 178 01:15:47,625 --> 01:15:49,583 Grace: okay! 179 01:15:56,500 --> 01:15:59,166 It's like the skin is like... 180 01:16:00,250 --> 01:16:02,250 trying to change, right? 181 01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:27,333 So, guys, today is my fourth day, 182 01:16:27,333 --> 01:16:30,416 and soon I'm going to be heading back. 183 01:16:30,416 --> 01:16:30,875 So it was an awesome trip. 184 01:16:30,875 --> 01:16:32,958 So it was an awesome trip. 185 01:16:32,958 --> 01:16:35,250 I got to see a lot of animals 186 01:16:35,250 --> 01:16:37,500 during the night time and also daytime, 187 01:16:37,500 --> 01:16:38,833 It was a lot of fun. 188 01:16:39,250 --> 01:16:40,958 I hope you guys liked this video 189 01:16:40,958 --> 01:16:43,666 and if you want to go on more 190 01:16:43,666 --> 01:16:44,916 adventures with me, 191 01:16:44,916 --> 01:16:47,416 please write in the comments. 192 01:16:48,083 --> 01:16:48,916 See you guys!