After a horrible sleep I woke at 5.30 and did a Pilates workout in the room, spoke to mum on Facebook, had some yacon tea, and prepared dad and I a healthy breakfast with our foods from the health food store and some organic fruit. We all boarded the plane to Puerto Maldonado where it is 31 degrees celcius and humid. The turbulance was intense and the plane was almost empty. When boooking this trip I had little expectations of the Amazon and it didn't really cross my mind too much, however after being greeted with fresh squeezed passion fruit juice, local bananas, brazil nuts and later a lunch in a banana leaf on the boat, our expectations were already exceeded. Especially during the scenic 2 and a half hr boat ride to the lodge. We
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