To the Amazon!

We were the only ones heading out to the Amazon Jungle. We took a plane to Puerto Maldonado. Helen and I were giddy as it was so hot and nice! The sun ... oh how I miss thee! It was so nice to be in hot weather! We were met by our guide Geraldine and headed off in van with a few others to the port to catch a boat to the lodge that we would be staying at. It took about 45 minutes to get to the lodge. We were the only ones departing the boat as the others went to the next lodge an hour down.

It was muddy in the jungle ... the trek to the lodge wasn't that bad ... a good 5-10 min walk. When we got there, we were all surprised how good it was. They had open rooms with safes. It was very loungy and had a relaxed atmosphere. In just a few minutes, I already had like 5 mosquitos bites. I hate them cause I get a bad allergic reaction to them. We took a short hike around in rubber boots. We saw some monkeys, birds, ants... really not anything exciting. We climbed a tower that was about 320m and saw the jungle from atop. It was so neat to be able to see above the trees. By 520 we were back at the lodge to get some dinner. By then Eva and I were still not feeling so brilliant and Eva had a fever all night. Poor girl.