Jungle Love

Original airdate: February 7, 2009

Two Crazy Chicks Productions is pleased to present Episode 2 of The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden in Panama, an epic journey of discovery fraught with peril…

Dawn finds our intrepid heroines on the observation deck of the Canopy Tower, an ecolodge in Soberania National Park. From their vantage point above the treetops, they watch the sun rise over the Panama Canal and listen to the howling of the howler monkeys before setting out for Pipeline Road, Panama's most famous birding destination.

The day's outing yields some 60 different species of birds as well as anteaters, coatis, sloths, monkeys, and agoutis.

Uncooperative weather makes the night drive less successful. A heavy downpour soaks our intrepid heroines, who huddle together for warmth as they search the canopy for olingo, kinkajou, and opossum. It is after midnight by the time our exhausted, bug-bitten (and in Yumiko's case, heat rash-covered) peerless protagonists crawl into bed.

But once again Yumiko and Eden rise before dawn and head to Soberania. Their dedication is rewarded with more mosquito and chigger bites, but also with sightings of area specialties such as blue-crowned motmot (photo), bat falcon, and boat-billed heron. 

Be sure to tune in for Episode 3, when our fearless females venture into Panama's Chiriquí Highlands. And be sure to bring on the fan mail!

© Eden Feuer