There were many situations in which a picture just didn't do justice to some of the things we experienced in the Amazon. Luckily there were a few situations in which audio and video at least helped to capture the experience.
This mostly just sounds obnoxious in a video, but I thought I would share anyway. Santander Park in Leticia, Colombia is where you can experience this phenomenon everyday at sunset. Hundreds (if not thousands) of little birds, pajaritos, similar to a parakeet, gather in the trees in Santander Park for their nightly rest. Before actually resting of course, they communicate and chirp away resulting in this chatter. Although this audio helps, it certainly doesn't do it justice. I was in awe of the collective sound of all of these tiny blue an green birds. They are also almost as loud at sunrise when they awake and leave the trees, a sound we heard in the morning from our hostel at least 4 blocks from the park. A definite, almost unavoidable, must see hear if you stop in Leticia.
This was taken during our first trip by boat to our lodge. The slow and serene ride was unlike anything I have ever done: so simple, yet so amazing. Due to the high water levels we were literally boating through the Amazon jungle, ducking and attempting to avoid trees and branches in our way. Note: the audio in the second part of the video was removed due to the disrupted silence of "Are you filming?" asked mid video by a certain tall friend and later by David's rendition of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"; I just felt as though the video could do without them. No offense.
Of course this wasn't David's only ride on the Tarzan swing, but his near collision with a tree, the quick save by our guide and subsequent elated "Gracias" make it a real gem.
No, there's nothing wrong with your computer or the video, this is simply the sound of an Amazonian rainstorm, one that happened to occur the night we slept in the jungle. Luckily, our trusty guides covered us with a sturdy tarp, so we woke without being soaked. Again, the audio hardly does a good enough job of capturing what it is like to be sleeping in the middle of a rainstorm in the Amazon: sounds I won't soon forget.
