Beach Party

What a great trip up the Amazon.

Slight change of plan and we actually went to the jungle city of Iquitos rather than Puerto Maldonada. From there we took a boat up the Amazon to the jungle lodge, stopping at a riverside settlement on the way. The lodge was great, parrots and monkeys. Our jungle guide was Ricardo and our first outing was to a Shaman (medicine doctor) who explained how he worked. Night fell at 5pm so we went on a jungle nightwalk to watch the fireflies. Ater dinner, the local girls dressed in traditional costume and performed a dance ceremony. The Shaman came back to the lodges and he saw a couple of us for ´readings´ in the hamock house - amazing! The next morning we rose at 5am for breakfast and the took a canoe out onto the Amazon to watch dawn break and to see the pink dolphins!

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