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Amazon Basin, Peru – Part V (Post #127)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Mike writes…

Our guide had a morning all planned out for us but it didn´t include a swim in the river.  What trip to the amazon basin would be complete without taking a swim in the mighty river itself?  After discussing a few different plans of action, i came up with a schedule that would allow us to do everything the guide proposed AND get in our swim. 

So, on our last morning in the Amazon Basin, at around 6 a.m. we headed out on the motor boat down the Yanacau river (a tributary) to the Amazon itself.  After an uneventful 30 minute ride, we arrived at our swimming spot.  Michele decided to jump in first. No fear!

Here is a picture of us swimming in the Amazon!

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Amazon Basin, Peru – Part IV (Post #126)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Michele here…. 

On May 20th, our 4th day at the jungle lodge, we got to sleep in.  Yea!  I was very happy to sleep in until 8:00am because I was having a lot of trouble sleeping in this hot and humid environment. During the morning hours, our guide was up preparing for our all day outting – piranha fishing! He prepared a lunch for us, got the bait ready, and put together the fishing poles.  

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Amazon Basin, Peru – Part III (Post #125)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Michele here (in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador).  Mike is next to me and we are catching up on the blogs while we wait for the scuba dive shop to open. It is currently closed for the afternoon ... [Continue reading this entry]

Amazon Basin, Peru – Part II (Post #124)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Mike writes....

On our first morning at the lodge, we were up at 5:35 for our 6 a.m. excursion on the boat for birdwatching.  The number of birds in the Amazon Basin is almost uncountable and it would be ridiculous for ... [Continue reading this entry]

Amazon Basin, Peru – Part I (Post # 123)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Mike writes... On the morning of our departure to the Muyuna Jungle Lodge, the administrative assistant from the Iquitos office came to our hotel at 9:30 and escorted us to the boat jetty just outside of the town center.  Michele and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Iquitos, Peru (Post #122 )

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Mike writes... Very fortunately for us, our flights from Cuzco to Lima and then from Lima to Iquitos were on time and without incident.  So, we arrived at the Iquitos Airport at around 5:00 p.m. on May 15 and were collected by ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Sacred Valley, Peru (Post #121)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Michele here....(Did I mention we are actually in Ecuador? And doing our best to catch up on the blogs.) Our last day in Cuzco (May , we went on a very inexpensive ($13 each) all day tour of the Sacred Valley. The ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cuzco, Peru – Part II (Post #120)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Michele here...we are way behind on the blogs but think we may be able to catch up today (May 24th). We are actually in Ecuador now but we will write about that later. The day after we got back from Machu ... [Continue reading this entry]

Machu Picchu (and Aguas Calientes), Peru (Post #119)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Mike writes... We awoke early on the morning of May 10, 2006 to catch our 6:15 a.m. "backpacker" train to Machu Picchu Pueblo.  Our intention was to walk to the station because it was only a couple of kms.  However, by ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cuzco, Peru – Part I (Post #118)

Monday, May 15th, 2006
Hi Michele here.... We arrived in Cuzco on May 7th and checked into our wonderful hostel, Piccola Locanda.  Months ago we had planned to do a 5 day hike once we got to Cuzco but, for a number of reasons (including ... [Continue reading this entry]