Wednesday, October 15th , 2008
Day 108 on The Big Trip. “Getting There”
After a disgusting 20-hour busride with one bathroom stop 3 hours in to get to hot and humid Puerto Maldonado, we were more than ready to see what this town was about. Don't get me wrong: the trip there was nice in parts. I enjoyed the overweight moon that illuminated a likely drunken indigineous midnight parade. I also didn't complain when we heard goat noises that either came from the roof or basement of the bus. But really, the ride could've been better for what we paid, for how long we were confined.
The hostel we chose to stay at should've been named Hostal Bare Bones instead of Hostel Moderno. The nice surprise was that it wasn't just dirty, it was dirty cheap at S/20 total. That includes the coldest shower you've ever really, really, really wanted!
We meet another woman at a tour agency that the Ministry for Tourism recommended. She also wants to do the one-day jungle tour, and why not? It covers the same amount of ground that the two-, three-, and four-day jungle tours do, just in one day!
Thursday, October 16th , 2008
Day 109 on The Big Trip. “So this is Jungle!”
We hurry our breakfast on our way to the Tropical Nature Tours agency office, merely five blocks from our hostel. In this heat, that means a wet shirt away.
Here is our jungle wildness in a nutshell: butterflies, spiders, lots of animal noises, one belonging to an iguana, lizards, baby caiman (like crocodile), papa caiman, lots of birds, swimming after scaring away rays in Lake Sandoval, rope swing, agaujes, lots of tree types, ants, flowers, boat rides up and down the Rio Madre de Dios to get to Tambopata National Reserve and back, vine-climbing, et cetera!
Although we didn't see large animals like we wanted, the experience is unforgettable, and that's why we came!
Great day in the jungle near Puerto Maldonado! Whew!
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2 comments:
the rope swings look fun! less scary than the one at the farm (well, if you don't count crocs and rays i suppose). do you have to take the same bus back? sounds painful on the 'ole bladder.
haha! yeah for that reason we were petrified and just swam and hung out with the locals there in the really warm (79F) water -- and didn't drift further along the "shore" (where branches meet water and the animals therein)...
great time! bus back was much better!!!
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