Saturday, Sept 25 - A Lost Day in Rio...

Bob was somewhat under the weather yesterday, but we obviously got a lot done and had a great time!

This morning, however, I awoke at five AM with a feeling of unease, which progressed down to my intestines and whatever the name of the chief who was around when the Portuguese arrived…got his revenge! The weather was overcast but pleasant and we had planned to walk into downtown Santa Teresa and explore it thoroughly. Also, Bill and Sue the B&B owners, invited us to share a cab over the mountains to the Botanic Garden to see a special orchid exhibit! Fortunately we didn’t have to make up our minds, as I stayed in bed all day sipping coke, reading a book and watching TV.

Poor Bob walked down to the grocery store and bought some Toblerone, Cheezits and other healthful snacks for his lunch and dinner! He also birded the pool and saw a beautiful orange-throated Toucan!

Once while we were sitting out our terrace, the family of Mamosets came by for a visit. They are very polite and waited around for fifteen minutes while Bob went downstairs in a vain search for a banana! One very large monkey turned out to have a tiny furry scarf around her neck that turned out to be a baby!
Too cute!

Tomorrow Delores picks us up at 8:15AM to take us back to the airport where we will meet up with John Rowlett, our Field Guides leader, another couple, and four other men.

From there we will drive about two hours to Dos Tucanos Lodge, a birding lodge in the middle of a national park where we will bird for the next eight day. No idea as to the quality of the wireless so if you don’t hear from me, it’s because there is no signal, or because we get back to the lodge so late that all we can do is fall into bed!
Hope to write to you soon!!!
XXX, Katy