I'm flying to the Amazon today. What?!?!?! That's crazy!
So as is the norm here I was the first to get up and got ready by myself. It's amazing how much stuff one needs to pack for four days!
Right before I left for my flight though, German Caroline came back with her husband from the airport. Tómas! It's funny seeing him in real life after hearing so much about him! He seemed nice as I expected but I only got to say a quick hi as I was running late! Why does that always happen to me!
So then I hurried to the airport but caught my flight to Puerto Maldonado with plenty of time!
Puerto Maldonado: Very cloudy when I arrived, and so, so, so, humid! My hair instantly turned into an Afro! However not that hot, surprisingly, only about 70 Fahrenheit which is very abnormal for them. However it still felt stifling because of the humidity and because I had just come from Cuzco where it is normally more like 50.
View from the plane flying in. That's the Tambopata River part of the Amazon river system.
Met the nicest couple! Scott and Laura, Scott's from Australia, and Laura from England, they're here on their honeymoon! It was actually really funny as when I first signed up for this trip I saw that only two other people were signed up at the time and I said to my mum, I bet they're honeymooners and I'm going to be an awkward third wheel the whole time, and what do you know!
It turned out though, that there were others who signed up later for our tour :)
Getting on a boat to go up the river.
I feel like I'm in a documentary! I can't believe I'm actually in the Amazon! The most amazing rainforest! So cool!
My first wildlife spotting were Howler monkeys in this tree, no I couldn't really see them either!
My hut! Not to shabby!
And the amazing view from my porch, with a hammock for me to enjoy it from.
After an annoyingly long two hour free time we went for a night hike. It wasn't until I spent those two hours alone in the gorgeous main building that it sunk in that I had gone to the Amazon alone. However one thing you learn when you're by yourself is how to start talking to people and so in the lobby I meet this other group of high school students from Southern California. They told me I look like Amanda Sinfeild which I've never heard before, what do you guys think?
It was quite late by this point and so our guide took us on a night hike. The other people on my your turned out to be a family from the states who seem very stereo typically American to me. The two old, pretty fat parents were not impressed with the lack of amenities or the fact that they were in the Amazon, and they had two grown daughters, one being stereo typically chubby and also not very understanding of the significance of what's around her, but the other one Nataly being very nice and worldly. It makes me wince to see why people don't like American tourists. I will try to appreciate the rain forest and understand it's importance.
Third wildlife spotting, this adorable frog! Awwww!
Fourth wildlife spotting: a pretty elusive three toed sloth! Yay!
Fifth wildlife spotting: a wild cat! Although not exactly a Jaguar this cutie did wander in from the jungle and will attack if his demands to be fed aren't met! I've got the scratches to prove it! His name is creatively Gatto (meaning cat in spanish)!
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