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Published: October 3rd 2008
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Baby monkey
Found by the guides abandoned Hi folks, we made it back albeit sweaty and smelly. It was so hot in the Amazon, 34 plus degrees each day and at night just about as hot. Have a cold shower dry off and get dressed, then sweat and your clothes are wet again. But as fpr other parts of Peru absolutely stunning.
We arrived in camp after a 4 hour boat ride, we were joined by a group of dutch tourists who did not understand the concept of a day pack, they brought all their luggage, suitcases and suitcases of it, the poor camp staff had to lug up 20 cases or so in the rain, to get to the camp involved dirt and wooden steps so it was not easy. They also did not understand they could not sit all on the same side of the boat, Ruth let them know in clear terms that they needed to sit on both sides, as you would expct they got the message.
The first day was a 12 k hike in the jungle and it was hot!!!!!!!!!! We made our way to a lake and were then treated to a very rare event - 4 giant otters.
Dragon fly
Dragon fly on the lake There are only 800 of them left in SA so we were very lucky, they had not been seen for 6 weeks. No good photos from me as they were too far away, I need a new camera with more zoom. On the way one of the guides found a baby monkey, they took it back to camp and will rear it and eventually release it back to the wild. The macaw you see in the photots was rescued as well and although it lives in the wild it stays close to the camp, especially when a group returns as juice is provided to the hikers. A fair part of the juice went to the macaw who showed he could drink from a glass.
At night we went caman spotting, we saw 4 but no good photos as it was a bit difficult, I think one of the nicest bits of the boat ride for caman spotting was the breeze.
After caman spotting we were treated to a buffet dinner which was really nice, lentils, SA version of KFC, beef, salads, fried plantains, etc - amazing what the kitchen could turn out. Clare Ruth Peter, Sheena, Norelle (our
Bush Turkey
Cant remeber the real name token australian) and I went for a guided tour of the bush at night, lots of insects, Ruth screaming because a vicious nasty cicada flew into her face and on return Clare screaming because there was a big bug on her bed. While we walked in the night Terry had a nana nap as he had been treated to a dose of the shits for want of a better word, he was getting better but had run out of energy.
This morning we returned via a clay lick, this is where the parrots come to lick clay in the early hours of the morning, there were not that many present but it was interesting to see, the Dutch tourists made too mutch noise and they all left. The birds need to clay to neutralize the toxins int eh frui they eat.
Well I will now go in search of a coffee, I am getting almost use to no coffee but hen it is available old habits surface
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