Piranhas love fruit NOT feet

After a relaxing NYE (YES, for context, when you almost lose your life in a raging jungle river / waterfall; men in drag, kids with explosives and a city on fire is a relaxing time), we decided another shot of adrenaline was in order.
With a forecast of rain, we opted for the class III / IV river, vs. upstream to the harder stuff.
See mom I can be reasonable and prudent.
The Ecuadorian version of "Once upon a time" is "A long drive, deep into the jungle"...

Heather is a natural paddler...

A hop skip and a jump over mud strewn trail...

... lead to the good ship Ducky...

Given it was New Years Day, there was only a handful of us on the river... allegedly there may have been some light drinking going on the night before... crazy kids.

Our safety kayaker captured this video of one of the rapid runs...

The first section of the river was peppered with Class III rapids and stretches of easy paddling, while taking in the breathtaking surroundings...

We stopped for a light lunch at a small indigenous village. We were very careful to stay close to the shore as the locals were not particularly fond of Westerners traipsing around their village.

Heather and the rafting gang... from the left, Gary and Colin from Portland, Daren and Tim from New Orleans and in back, Tovias our safety kayaker.

A little further down river, we were able to stop at a small jungle waterfall...

So we are in the Amazon, in a boat on a river, again, in the freakin Amazon... and we have all seen at least one Piranha movie (the best being the latest with the Hoff)... so we had to ask, are there Piranhas in the river and if so, wont they eat us???
Every trip, without fail, I learn a stunning new fact about the world... this is the Ecuadorian entry... Piranhas actually eat fruit, so if there were Piranhas in the river, no worries... as long as your pockets are not stuffed with mangos and bananas, you are totally covered...
Heather took this little new factoid to heart and jumped right in...