A buddy and myself stayed at a primitive 'lodge' (no electricity, pumped river water for showering/sink) about 4 hours boat ride south of Iquitos that supplied nice bungalows and food (but please, I can't eat another variation of cooked plantain for a while) for 11 days. A native guide was assigned to each group of people and we dictated what we wanted to do. This was their dry season down there, so the Amazon tributaries had receded to a lower level.
1) Hikes to photograph insects
2) Visit native villages...one of the highlights of the trip
3) Visiting a native shaman ....also fascinating
4) Search for the elusive hoatzin bird
5) Search/photograph for poison dart frogs (I have some pics, but not processed yet)
6) Peacock bass fishing
7) Piranha fishing
8) Canoing at night on a tributary and spotlighting the shore (this was fun...for some reason small fish in the river jumped into the boat when they saw the light. We had over a dozen fish, many of them recognizable tropicals....angelfish, pencilfish, barbs) jump into the boat.
9) Search for the pink dolphin
10) Climb a zipline up into the tree canopy
11) Search for various monkeys
12) I am sure I am forgetting some.
Wonderful trip, even though I was feverish the last few days.
In regards to the humidity down there, it was not a problem. First of all, it was the dry season, so not as bad as in the summer (remember, it was winter down there, even though the temp is about the same). Secondly, we brought loads of silica gel which we put in camera cases with the cameras. Thirdly, we had no air conditioning at any time, which can wreak havoc with the condensation. I never experience any visible condensation.
I want to express my thanks to some of the forum veterans who helped me plan this trip, expecially rlittlefield and Tom. I have only been into photomacrography for a year and a half, and there are many things I would do differently in taking these pics (number one is experimenting more with wider apertures). Overall, not too many 'strange' looking critters, just variations of what we have here in the states. The largest variety I saw were of leafhoppers...will try to include some in todays post:
All these hoppers were about the same size you would find up here (0.5-1 cm)
These are not necessarily my best pics of each subject since I am only partially done...I am not sorting them out beforehand, just processing one 4 GB memory card at a time.
If the interest continues, I will try to post 3 more images each day or so.
Ken Nelson
Canon 30D
Sigma 150mm
very colorful and sharp indeed. Absolutely wanting to see more from your trip. By the way you did not come down with "Montazumas Revenge" did you? 
