Amazon Explorers

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Having finally got to the lodge safely and dry, we spent the next few days in the Amazon and had a fantastic time....here are a few hightlights...

*No electricity in the lodge, only gasoline lamps - very atmospheric..interesting having a wee at night though!
*Fantastic food, which we helped prepare one day in the kitchen
*Dawn and dusk canoe rides up the Tahuayo River, with the mist rising
*Spear fishing at night
*Camping over night in the heart of the jungle...where it decided it tip down with rain (luckily just after we had set up camp)....freshly caught bbq pirahnas)...fantastic jungle sounds.
*Playing football with the kids in San Pedro village
*Andrea, the very clingy woolly monkey.
*Climbing 85feet above the canopy via zip wire, as the afternoon sun was setting...very heart pumping
*Long treks in the jungle (otherwise known as long treks in a hot, sweaty oven!)
*Our own personal Shaman good luck ritual, complete with Moonshine garlic drink (very strong)
*Steve being bitten by an Anaconda - yes really!


It was a fantastic lodge, in amazing surroundings....we feel very priviledged to have experienced the jungle adventure for real.

Machu Pitchu here we come.....

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Photos

BBQ
Our camp night dinner, which we had just caught

Chef
(wheres the olive oil??)

Cooking 1
Burning the leaves to make them supple

Cooking 2
A new series with Jamie Oliver and Delia Smith!.."Cooking in the Jungle"

Cooking 3
The finished product (unfortunately it looks better than it tasted)

Caiman
(this one didnt bite Steve!)

Our own personal Shaman
Way out man!

Comments

[Paul and Donna]

You lucky B*********s
Can it get any better!!!! Looks unreal.It's good to see how other people live. It's great to be able to follow your trip! Look after yourselves. Paul

[Rich]

That's more like it...
Awesome - how jealous am I (apart from the anaconda bit - I assume you've thrown the soiled shorts away now?)

[Sally Leonard]

Hello
I have just sent you an e-mail but I'm not to sure if you got it. Steve's automatic reply came back but I did send it through the site. Hopefully you will get it. If not let me know and I will just send commments in the future. Sally x