Chocó Cloudforest
Mashpi forest road
Tommy, dwarfed by Elephant Ear plants
Tropical Kingbird, banana _ banana, Flame-rumped Tanager
new leaves
Elephant Ears, high above
Pale Mandibled Araçari
Pale Mandibled Araçari with banana treat
Golden olive Woodpecker
Chocó Toucan
@jaymclaughlin Jay and Tommy @tommy.clarke at Mashpi @mashpilodge
light lunch
flavours of Ecuador
fern details
new pink
pink details
Crimson rumped Toucanet
Mashpi clouds
Owl Butterfly egg
butterfly emerging from chrysalis
newly emerged butterfly
colour camouflage
Giant Owl Butterfly
transparent wings
Tyra
trails, built of recycled crates, through the bog
#fromwhereistand
waking up to trunks, branches, vines, leaves, birds and swirling clouds
night walk through the rainforest
big toads on the path
tiny frog on my ear… photo by Jay
soaring through the canopy
clouds, swirling
trees, clouds, mountains
more clouds, palm trees
shades of white
shades of green
river flow, water fall
not a single tree felled for the Dragonfly
breakfast is served
in natural bowls
taking in the views
from a pavilion above the clouds
layers, silhouettes, green
mesmerised by moving clouds
good-bye pavilion
back into the forest
more Elephant Ears…
above sea level
ants at work
viewing platform along the trail
Laguna, upstream
through the river
botany
riverbed colours
yellow water, sunlit
vines, moss, light
waterfall gush
low light, big ears
cocooned
what might this be?
The Lodge’s towering Dining Room
ceviche and plantain
Green Thorntail ♀
Heliconia flowers
50 to 80 beats per second
Colibri Feder am Panama Hut
catching up on a twig
magical moments in the cloudforest
underside of Giant Owl Butterfly wings
eyespots on the Giant Owl
misty morning in the forest
endless view of the cloud forest
looking down
trails and open stairs
tall as the trees
recycled steps through lush green
forest canopy up close
along a cable stretched between two points
crossing a beautiful gorge
spotting denizens of the forest canopy
200 m (655 feet) cable and a river flowing between rocks below
Lucy, pedalling the bike, enjoying the view
the Observation Tower, viewing platform above the treetops
landing station at the other end of the cable
huge green leaves, tiny white flowers
…after a 20 minutes round-trip at high altitude
designed for two people, one person pedals…
a 15 minutes walk along the access road back to the lodge
Torch Ginger flower (Etlingera Eliator)
moths at The Laboratory
Transandean Blue Morpho
also known as Tailless Whip Scorpion
sad owl
fresh and local ingredients
observing the forest life from the comfort of your bed
play of water and light
from the roots of the trees all the way up and over the canopy
a tiny Glass Frog
coffee, dangling feet, a view… photo by Jay
and a big brown beetle