As Rod saw it, we were practically obliged to go to the Jungle on the basis that “we’re never going to get to go to the Amazon basin again”. That was true, but I wasn’t convinced that it was a good enough reason to put myself at the mercy of tarantulas, anacondas, snakes, piranhas and…..well, you get the idea. Eventually, though, we agreed to a 3 day trip to a Jungle Lodge in the Tambopata Reserve. Day 1. After a half hour flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonaldo we met our group while we waited for our Guide. Jenny, Shane and Kev were all from Melbourne, Australia and on various South American itineraries and they’d met Hannah (from Worcester) on the Inca Trail…another good group! Our guide was Sonia, a 23 year old training to be
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