Early breakfast was rolls, coffee, coca tea and a choice of omelette, eggs, fruit salad or fresh banana pancakes with chocolate (my choice). We slapped on sunscreen, sprayed on repellent and made our way down to the river. Our guide was a Peruvian guy in his early 40’s named Wilbur who spoke Quechua as a first language, Spanish as a second, English as a third and was working on a German. Wilbur was a question talker, “Thank you for coming on this hike. Why thank you?” He would pause, “because the people who live in this area are glad that you come here, spend your money and help their economy.” We made our way along the river and our first stop was the abandoned ghost town from the day before. Wilbur explained that it had been
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