My parents arrived to Peru to visit me and we headed straight into the deep Amazon Rainforest in Peru, an area called Iquitos. Iquitos is the biggest city in the world that is not accessible by road. You can only reach Iquitos by boat or by plane. We flew in from Lima. My Peruvian boyfriend Jerry also came along for the adventure :-)
We arrived to the big city of Iquitos and that same day took a 3 hour boat ride out to a lodge on the Amazon River where we would stay for four days to explore the area with a guide. While on our 4
day tour of the jungle we got to do things like fish for piranhas, visit a
native tribe, visit an animal rescue center, hike for several hours to visit a Shaman and see his botanical garden, swim in the river, eat traditional
jungle foods, watch the pink jungle dolphins, and take many, many boat rides on
the Amazon River. We had a fabulous time and just loved being in the Amazon. We took in all the nature and beauty that we could!
The weather was VERY hot and humid and we all sweated profusely the entire time and were a bit uncomfortable. But I think my parents enjoyed the hot weather even though it was very intense since they were coming from the very harsh winter in the US. We also all suffered from numerous mosquito and bug bites. But it was worth it!
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| As soon as we arrived to the jungle, we felt like we were back in Thailand! The people in the jungle look more Asian, the weather is very similar, and the moto taxis are everywhere! |
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| On the boat ride out to the lodge. Sorry that I can´t turn the photo but I am using an old computer that won`t let me rotate the photo and save it. |
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| Cayman, the crocodile of the Amazon. A common meat that is eaten! We all agreed that it was very tasty! |
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| Taking a walk through a flooded village. |
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| One of our many boat rides |
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| Sunset on the beautiful Amazon River. The view from our lodge! |
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| On a hike deep in the jungle |
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| The lodge where we stayed |
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| The patio right outside our rooms |
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| Going to visit the native tribe |
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| They taught us how to blow a poison dart |
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| Fishing for Piranhas |
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| Swimming in the amazon |
On our last day before flying back to Lima, we fisited a butterfly rescue and animal orphanage center called ¨Pilpintuwasi¨. It was stared by an animal loving lady from Austria who lives in Iquitos. She got a reputation in Iquitos for being an amimal lover and people started dropping rescued jungle animals off on her doorstep because they know she would take care of them. For example, monkeys that had been taken from the jungle to be tought how to rob people, a baby jaguar who`s mother was killed for her fur, tucans who were kept hostage in a restaurant and were not fed well, etc. She also breeds butterflies and lets them free into the jungle. What she does is truly amazing. If you want to learn more information visit: http://www.amazonanimalorphanage.org/
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