Tena

guinea pig (cuy) in Banos

After a great experience in Banos, I decided I wanted to spend a few more days in the jungle, so I headed east to a town called Tena, which is 4 hours from Banos.  The town isn't super impressive, but I did eat at a restaurant on the main street which sold really yummy crepes. I spent the night in Tena and went the following morning to another smaller town called Misahualli, which is about 45 minutes from Tena

the drive from Banos to Tena

capybara; world's largest rodent

From a museum, I took a canoe into the town.  The town of Misahualli is known for the monkeys  that hang out in the central park.  Monkeys are always a cute animal when you first see them, then you realize how bad they can be. These particular monkeys come up to the people with their hands out wanting food, and if you don't have anything they will just take something from you that is easy to grab (such as your camera, bracelets, necklaces, etc.)

After spending a moment with the monkeys, and  laughing at all the stuff they stole from people , I waited about an hour to catch a bus to "La cascada latas", a nearby jungle waterfall hike.

"La cascada latas" - an hour hike outside of Misahualli

It was about an hour walk in to get the waterfall. It was a beautiful walk with ginormous trees, and beautiful colored birds and butterflies.