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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1580112" data-attributes="member: 55291">A short while later we had a real treat. Running around on the road in front of us was a Tayra, a mustellid that looks like an overgrown pine martin crossed with a wolverine. First one came trotting up towards us, so we stopped the jeep and watched. It came closer, backed up, came closer again, ran back away again and then came forward again. Soon another one joined the first one from beside us and we saw a third to our left. The third one was more shy and stayed in the cover of the bushes. Julio told us that this was only the second time this year that he had seen tayras. So we felt really privileged. We continued on our way and it started to rain. We stopped at the bar that we visited before, near the Rio Claro lodge for a coffee and a break. Then we continued on our way to our new lodge. We stopped again because a bridge was being repaired so we had to wait a while. There were a couple of howler monkeys in the vicinity. A Little Blue Heron was seen at one of the many congregations of waterbirds. Finally we arrived at the track leading to the lodge. We kept a lookout for giant anteaters on the way in, but sadly we didn’t see any. We finished off the evening with a few songs accompanied by Julio on guitar. But I think we were too tired to remember most of the lyrics!</blockquote>