Yanayacu for 1 night. Nov 25 post.

A beautiful setting, the main dinning area and general hanging out place.

Our room the next morning, puppy on my bed. Ian

using the wifi in the the bedroom!

So sweet!

Our bedroom.

Exquisite moths.

Ian and Beans.

Boots for whoever needs them.

The Washing rock, laundry taken to a new level.

Originally we had thought to stay at Yanayacu for 3 to 4 weeks. We
only lasted one night.

Not many people staying here, only one other guest, the older Polish man, Jose who picked us up hours late, and a young woman who lived there. 

They cooked us a dinner of pasta and vegetables, showed us to our room
which began a night not to forget!

The rain was relentless on the tin roof and extremely loud, but not
loud enough to drown out the Polish man who talked in his sleep all
night. The walls were a piece of plywood, only 1 piece, and he may as
well have been in the room with us. Ok, not too bad, we didn't need to
sleep anyway. At 4 am the puppy, sweetest puppy ever, started crying
under the building we were in, which was open to the elements. So I get
out my flashlight and poke around in the debris under the building,
find him and bring him back to our room. He was cold and shivering until
Ian put him on his bed and he fell fast asleep. The puppy, not us :-)

Our room was very spartan, only 3 beds, no curtains, lamps, tables of
any kind, just very bare. Did I mention spartan? But we had wifi all over the property. Breakfast, which was included in the $15 a day, was whatever we found in the kitchen, Jose
and friend made up a breakfast but didn't ask us to join them. So Ian
and I ate some really good bananas. The view was lovely.

When I asked about a washing machine I was told they had a rock. See
photo of the washing rock, it's nice, flat and big.

We decided to walk the 3 km to the Cabinas San Isidro that we passed
on the way to Yanayacu, the only other place between us and the town
of Cosanga. Turns out to be the best thing we could have done. We met
5 other birders right away and Ian took off on their bird filled
trails looking for birds.

But the most amazing part is that Carmen, the lovely owner of this
birding lodge, offered us a room and meals in exchange for helping out
with administration. We had lunch that Saturday, went back to Yanayacu
and told them we were moving up in the world and would no longer be
staying there. We've been here 3 nights and I love it!!! I do miss the
puppy and the internet service, but it's so nice to be meeting birders
from all over the world who are also having a wonderful time.