There was no way I was going to come all the way to South America and not visit the magnificent Amazon Rainforest. It was a dream for me to be able to see this place and it was better than I had ever imagined. It was seriously like Jurassic Park - giant, ancient, magical, powerful, overwhelming and darn right dangerous. It was truly amazing and it was a huge reminder that we really were trespassing into another world - one we humans don´t belong. We flew into Peru´s Amazon Basin to a town called Puerto Maldonaldo where it was 35 degrees with 98% humidity. This was a massive shock from the cold of the Andes and it was unbelievably only a 30 minute plane trip away. It was here where we stayed in an eco lodge
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