{"id":130,"date":"2014-11-14T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nextnorth.com\/test11\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2020-01-02T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T22:49:20","slug":"sketches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/index.php\/pictures\/sketches\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"467\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030771\/\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-624x883.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030771-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">An oxbow lake, just off the Rio Tuichi. Madidi Bolivia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-658x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"466\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030770\/\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-768x1195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-987x1536.jpg 987w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-1316x2048.jpg 1316w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-624x971.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030770-scaled.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">This was on nutrient-poor white sand off a black water river (The Urubu) near Manaus in Brazil<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"465\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030767\/\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-1102x1536.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-1470x2048.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-624x869.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030767-scaled.jpg 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fig trees like this are \u2018stranglers\u2019 that grow around another tree and eventually kill it, having had their seeds deposited originally in the excrement of a fruit eating bird like a toucan or a trogon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"464\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030765\/\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-768x1013.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-1165x1536.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-1553x2048.jpg 1553w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-624x823.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030765-scaled.jpg 1942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Madidi National Park. Bolivia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-1024x782.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"463\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030762\/\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-1536x1173.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-2048x1564.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030762-624x477.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"462\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030763\/\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-2048x1573.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030763-624x479.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Balsa is a secondary-growth tree \u2018weed\u2019 that shoots up along river edges, road sides and light gaps where large trees have fallen. Wet-season floods wash hundreds of these down the rivers, and these build up into log jams on the sand bars. The straight super-light logs are excellent for building rafts.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-779x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"461\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030760\/\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-1559x2048.jpg 1559w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-624x820.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030760-scaled.jpg 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">This was near to the Buddhist ruins of Polonaruwa where I did a monkey-follow project in 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"460\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030761\/\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-2048x1583.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030761-624x482.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Despite being so big, Elephants are hard to spot even close-to in the rainforest. My guides\u2019 instructions were to hide in the stilt roots if one charged.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"459\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030758\/\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-2048x1540.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030758-624x469.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">These emergents are called Lighthouse trees as they are huge and easy to see from a long distance. The bird is a many-banded aracari, a small type of toucan. July; it was drizzling and cold like Manchester in winter as a \u2018surazo\u2019 cold weather system had blown in from the Antarctic.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"458\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030757\/\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-1536x1216.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-2048x1621.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030757-624x494.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Red River Hogs are one of the most easily seen large mammals as they forage the river edges and oxbow lakes in small herds. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"457\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030755\/\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030755-624x469.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Black spider monkeys are the most numerous primate in the high canopy forest and are easy to attract by imitating their hiccupping calls.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"456\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030754\/\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-1588x2048.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-624x805.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030754-scaled.jpg 1985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">This particular tree was close to a savannah clearing where we disturbed a herd of forest buffalo wallowing in a pool. The clearing was criss-crossed with elephant trails and there were gorilla tracks around the edges.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"455\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030752\/\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-1536x1194.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-2048x1592.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030752-624x485.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Razor-billed curassows -mutums- flying across the un-named river that we went up before crossing the serran\u00eda to the Rio Enatahua. This was the furthest point we reached on the 2012 expedition. The river was lower when we tried again in 2015 and this time, we made it nearly to the river&#8217;s source before making a 6 day portage to the Enatahua.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"454\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030750\/\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-1588x2048.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-624x805.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030750-scaled.jpg 1985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-786x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"453\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030746\/\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-1572x2048.jpg 1572w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-624x813.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030746-scaled.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"452\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030747\/\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-1540x2048.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-624x830.jpg 624w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030747-scaled.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Rio Undumo, a major tributary of the Madidi, fans out into an inland delta with myriad channels, home to anacondas, giant otters and black caimans. The channels presumably join up back into one river though I never got that far. Our raft got stuck in the narrow channels and when I tried to get through on foot, jumping from island to island, I fell short and sank to my thighs in mud. The water was up to my chest. It was terrifying. I returned to the Undumo the following year with a pak canoe, but still couldn\u2019t get through.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"451\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/p1030742\/\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-1536x1172.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-2048x1563.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simonsjungle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1030742-624x476.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Spider monkeys. Madidi National Park. 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