Peek-a-boo!

I promise this will be my last post about Belem, which already seems like a lifetime ago.

On the edge of town we visited the Mangal das Garças or Heron Mangrove, a bird and butterfly sanctuary. The sanctuary, which is only a year and a half old, was well planned and allows for lots of intimate contact with all kinds of flying friends. One of the highlights, aside from all the herons, hummingbirds and other exotic flyers, were these butterflies. With a perfect camouflage and a huge misleading "eye", I thought that they had achieved the perfect design!