If there is anything that my mother told me not to do, it's don't swim with pirahnas. But you can't always take your mother's advice. I swam in a small lake infested with pirahnas, aligators, aligator eating otters, anacondas, and parasite fish that swim up your 'you know what' when you go 'you know what'.
All in all the Amazon was an incredible experience. Four of us flew into a small town that was no more than a clearing of trees. When the plane doors opened the humidity instantly flodded the plane, I've never felt anything quite like it. Our guide said the temperature was about 25 degrees, but I swear it felt like at least 40.
We did some great things in the jungle. Hours of hikes looking at exotic plants, trees, vines and parasites (including a penis tree - see if you can spot it in my pictures). We went parrakeet and parrat watching, tarantula hunting, pirahna fishing (with raw beef as bait), monkey watching, and aligator hunting. See pictures of all this at http://uwo.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083442&l=2e355&id=58000349
Our guide actually jumped out of our boat, grabbled a 2 foot aligator, and brought it into to boat for us see. Very neat. Our means of transportation was motorized canoe which was very cool, it was bigger than a dragon boat with a roof that came in very handy for when it was pouring rain. Thats another thing, the rain. I know it's a rain forest but I was still surprised by the amount of rain that can fall in such a short period of time.
One of the highlights was walking through a neighbouring farm. We had the opertunity to taste fresh fruits right off the tree. Fruits like papaya, oranges, avocato, bananas, lemons, sugar cane, and other weird fruits that I cannot remember the name of, some fuzzy and some slimey, but all sweet and delicious. We even dug up potatoes for that nights dinner. (Oh, by the way Peru prides itself for its 3000 varieties of potato)
The lodge was very nice. It was completely outdoors and had nice boarwalks as hallways. We had to sleep in mosquito nets not because of the mosquitos, but becasue of the bats. At night the sounds were incredible. Who can claim that they have been swinging in an outdoor hammock in the depths of the Amazon rainforest drinking a cold beer listening to the countless sounds of the jungle? Well I can. And it's nice. I wouldnt give that up for anything.
More pictures of the Amazon, Cusco, and Puno at http://uwo.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083612&l=e8541&id=58000349
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