Into the Amazon

Through a long bus ride followed by a short truck drive on smooth, paved asphalt roads complete with reflective lane markers and power lines.

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A bit past the fancy highrise hotel.

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Finally through the village where the people lived and across the football pitch, we found ourselves deep in the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

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So deep that you could listen to the constant chatter of birds and crickets in the breaks between the loud Carnival music in the nearby town.

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Our cabins were nice with running water and power.

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This is the cabin from the outside. There are 4 guest rooms in this cabin.

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The rooms the rest of the group stayed in did not yet have power and were illuminated with candles.But they did have a view of the river.

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As well as the village.

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Compact fluorescent bulbs covered in natural fruit shells are neither efficient nor attractive.

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We didn’t even actually get to see the primary forest. We were supposed to hike out to the edge, but the rain forest hasn’t had enough rain so the river was too low for the boat to drop us off. It wasn’t exactly the Amazon adventure we were planning on, but it was fun. We will try again some day.

There are a few little creeks that run through the resort, in addition to the Napo river.

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One of the scariest things we saw was four year olds wandering around with machetes.

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Don’t worry, he’s just digging for worms.

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There are only a couple of places where you can see above the trees. It clouded up every night so no brilliant sunsets. It was also cloudy in the mornings so the sun rises were also less than spectacular.

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