I slept wonderfully with all these jungle noises. The rooms are spacious, about 40 square meters in size and covered on the outside with a mosquito screen, blue, which is why the photos look a bit strange. There is a roof over the top with plenty of space, so the wind can pass through the room easily. Of course, it is still very warm and very humid.
Every day we have three excursions, morning, afternoon and night. This morning we sailed almost to the end of “our” canal, which forms a stitch up to the Amazon during the high water season. On our tour we saw kaymane, sloths and many different birds, our guide Moises has an excellent eye and was able to spot many animals in the thicket. In the afternoon, “prehistoric birds” were on the agenda, with the boat and a short hike through the rainforest we came to a field where these birds can be found. The binoculars made it possible to see the colorful animals with their large plumage, great! And what nature has to offer can also be seen in these birds: born as juveniles, they initially have two “hooks” on their bodies to enable them to cling to something as long as they cannot yet fly; as soon as this is possible, they fall off.
The group I’m traveling with consists of an American couple and a German-American couple. There are two Spaniards in the parallel group. We are a mixed bunch here, with visitors arriving and departing every day. We had the option of booking a stay of 3 – 6 days, I opted for 5. The atmosphere is exceptionally peaceful, I can relax very well, the staff are very friendly and courteous, and the good program makes us feel well integrated. I don’t have to worry about anything, which is just what I need after the last five weeks!
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A nice little joke by-the-side: another visitor works at Amazon in the States, he was recently sitting in the common area in the evening looking for something on Amazon, one of the employees came and asked what he was doing, to which he replied: I’m looking at Amazon. The person living in the jungle then asked, “Amazon at Iquitos?” And he said “No, at amazon.com”. Here in the jungle you are very far away from the real world, the really important thing is the necessities of life and here that is Amazon and not Amazon.com.
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( I am the sexy woman in yellow …)
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