I’m not sure I want to embed flash on this page just yet (I might some day do up a click-to-load javascript thingy, but I’m currently enjoying the “state of lazy”), so instead here’s a link to a video of a big ol’ tarantula, that I call Jane.

I’ve only uploaded a couple of photos from the trip so far. Here’s one taken while boating around on the Rio Negro. Our boat was pretty much directly under this snake, but we figured it wasn’t a big deal because he was pretty busy. That in its mouth is a bat. We assumed it was [...]

It’s perty here, but I’ve gotta say it’s weird not rinsing my toothbrush when I’m through with it. Time to go find some not-crazy-expensive bottled water!
<TourGuide> 88-year-olds wearing dental floss: That’s what Rio is all about!