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Perus flagPublished: October 29th 2006South America » Peru » Cusco » Manu National Park
October 22nd 2006
Funerary toursFunerary tours
Funerary tours
they used to bury people here and the bodies would be preserved by the cold wind on the mountain ridge. The Spanish are believed to have taken the gold and other riches buried here
Had a brilliant 7 days in the jungle - far too much to write about now. Highlights: white water rafting, mountain biking in the cloud forest, swimming in the river at sunset, zipping across the canopy from platform to platform high above the forest floor, abseiling, seeing a sloth, 7 giant otters, caimans, 5 species of monkeys, turtles, capybara, possum, macaws, herons, kingfisher, a fresh puma footprint, rescuing a red howler monkey from the Manu river, playing pool with a talking parrot, drinking pisco sour in our lodge while playing jungle games, cards and a dice game taught to us by three lovely French guys, taking it in turns to share my room with 3 really cool girls from New Zealand and England, narrowly avoiding a 2.5m branch an angry monkey hurled at our heads and making it out of the jungle without getting bitten by a snake!
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dancersdancers
dancers
each statue represents a group of people that parade through the town once a year
first lunchfirst lunch
first lunch
stopped off on the first day for a lovely lunch in the local disco!
cloud forestcloud forest
cloud forest
waterfallwaterfall
waterfall
we actually drove through the cascades
biking in the cloud forestbiking in the cloud forest
biking in the cloud forest
Juliet, Jennifer, Chrissy
biker´s viewbiker´s view
biker´s view
mountain bikingmountain biking
mountain biking
The jungle is kinda prettyThe jungle is kinda pretty
The jungle is kinda pretty
motor boatmotor boat
motor boat
On our way to Erika lodge, day two. We´d just finished mountain biking for 3 hours and 1.5 hours of white water rafting
this bird later pecked my trousers!this bird later pecked my trousers!
this bird later pecked my trousers!
Canopy tourCanopy tour
Canopy tour
was so scared to begin with, but the view of the jungle as you zipped across on a stretch of rope was something else
JodieJodie
Jodie
completely exhilarated after overcoming a fear of heights
abseilingabseiling
abseiling
lounging with Alvinlounging with Alvin
lounging with Alvin
hammockhammock
hammock
the river from Erika Lodgethe river from Erika Lodge
the river from Erika Lodge
the best group a girl could ask forthe best group a girl could ask for
the best group a girl could ask for
a ´walking tree ´a ´walking tree ´
a ´walking tree ´
no main trunk reaches the floor - the tree stands on lots of roots and can grow more allowing it to 'move' to a better location if it needs to
How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 1How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 1
How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 1
How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 2How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 2
How to rescue a red howler monkey, part 2

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Kate
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Date: 30th October 2006


Nooooooooooooooooooo!! Damn you! Bring me back a monkey!

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anonymous
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Date: 19th November 2006


aw! He looks so cool! That must have been amazing. Is his nose funnyk, or is that just the angle?

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