If you’re just tuning in, I am pleased to present these photos as part of the recap tour to my supporters. Please enjoy this installment of Iquitos and Nauta (where we lived on a boat on the Amazon for two weeks).
Here’s Caroline. She is such an awesome servant and truly loved in each place we went to. Notice the street and houses. On rainy days I usually opted to simply not wear shoes. When it is so muddy all they do is get dirty and they are much harder to wash off than my bare feet.
The river was a busy thoroughfare with people using both motorized canoes as well as still using handmade paddles. Also, there were many traveling islands that floated by. As I’m sure my squadmates well remember. We also saw the allusive pink dolphins which were actually pretty creepy!
This is the view off the back off the boat. Our neighbors loved to jump in and float down the river past us before scrambling up the bank, running back, and jumping in again. Notice the roofing.
Here are some of the creatures I’d never seen before. This boy told me he had just found this young anaconda in the jungle. I don’t even know what I’m holding??? We also saw a young capybara, the largest rodent in the world. And even the cutest little baby sloth! I never did get a copy of that photo though. The little guy was hanging onto a bunch of bananas a man had harvested from the jungle.
Here is our boat the Good Samaritan (El Buen Samaritano) docked at the headwaters of the Amazon when we went on a day trip. The water was deep enough here that we jumped off the roof of the boat. Good times were had by all!
Tune in next time for the Iquitos photos!
Love, Meredith
