We arrived in Puerto Maldonado which is the Peruvian side of the Amazon, we didnt know what to expect but the town of Puerto Maldonado was small, dirty and very basic, isolated from everything really. We were excited to get to the Amazon as soon as possible and finally our tour guide picked us up on the oldest bus ive seen ever I think...
The ride was scary to get to the port to catch our boat to the amazon jungle lodges, the roads were bascially mud, and an old bus and mud, DO NOT MATCH... hehe but we made it finally.
We jumped on the boat, again it seemed very old and basic...looking scared we jumped in and we were on our way. An hour and a half later we arrived at our lodges in the jungle, with a little rest and lunch we went for an evening boat ride on the Amazon river to look for Caymans, these are basically Peruvian Aligators. We managed to see a few, it was a productive and interesting night.
The following day it was an early start and it was time to get dirty in the jungle, we began a jungle trail for the Amazon, with over 6 hours of walking and seeing a lot of the jungle, we were very tired and smelly but it felt good to have achieved it :-)
The next day was new years eve, to celebrate new years eve we went for a different trail walk again and catched a canoe, we started rowing around and spotting some beautiful birds. gain we had to rest after this day before new years night came, to celebrate we first went for another trail in the jungle to look for insects, spiders, snakes and anything else which would appear... This trail was the scariest but it ended up been fun and we did manage to see some snakes, toads and other weird insects.
We had a new years dinner and fell asleep before midnight even came upon us but it was one of the best new years ive ever spent.
Whilst in the Amazon it made us think about the outside world, we lived in little lodges without electricty, hot water or any electrical appliance, it was really interesting to do and it makes you think about how much we depend on this modern world we live in. This experience has made us see how lucky we are to live in a world so beautiful but we made us realize how we have adapted in a modern era to make it even better.
People dont get to see the natural beauty of the world though which is a shame as it doesnt compare to anything else in the world, im very proud that we have seen somthing so special to the planet. It was a great new years eve.
After 3 days of not washing were happy to be traveling to Cusco!
