Day 16-18: Rios Amazonas

It’s as though we took a vacation from our Peruvian (highland) vacation to visit the Peruvian Amazon. It feels like another world because of the climate, landscape, food, tourist culture, modes of transportation, and wildlife. It feels more like Southeast Asia here than any other place I’ve been (other than Southeast Asia, which felt very much like itself).

Highlights here so far:

1. Monkeys

2. Sloths

3. Cynthia, the resident tapir at Ceiba Tops ecolodge

4. The macaws (at Ceiba Tops ecolodge)

5. Flowers

6. Hammocks (at Ceiba Tops ecolodge)

7. The pool

8. Piranha (which Kevin caught while fishing today)

9. Moto taxis!

10. The kinkajou that Eleanor held (which Kevin has a picture of)

So many surprises and wonders here! We are here for another day or so and then we travel back to Lima to launch the last leg of our trip, to the mountainous Huaraz region.