Home - 2018 - Peru - August 28 - Amazon day 1

Photographer: Josh Eckels

Pool at the hotel Hotel Casa Morey lobby Up on stilts Waiting to board the boat to the lodge Leaving the dock Al Frio y al Fuego - the restaurant from last night Shipyard at the north end of Iquitos Logging operation Wearing the vest while we're close to town Getting out of the city Banana boat Typical river transport Layover spot Muyuna Lodge boat Gray river dolphin sighted Muddy water and silty banks Passing another village Aquatic weeds in the slow-moving water After the transfer to the small boats Shallow wooden boat Vulture overhead Moises, our guide for the week, up front Up on the bow Arriving at the lodge Dock Welcome to Muyuna Our cabin Settling in Testing the hammock on the porch Raised and covered walkways In the wet season, only a few feet above the waterline Spikey tree Into the jungle on an afternoon hike Tree rat Pieridae butterfly Dusky titi monkey, looking a bit cross Still pretty cranky Popular with a few kinds of monkey Another tree rat peeking out Grasshopper on a nibbled giant leaf Pygmy marmoset saying hello Stretching out Checking out the big smelly humans Scampering around the trunk A little grooming Who's there? Caterpillar Trees get big here Rubber tree, bearing marks from 100+ years ago A trickle of rubber sap Our first three-toed sloth sighting! Beetle and white mushrooms Slowly moving up Moving like a sloth Heading out on our sunset cruise Silhoutted sloth A male and a female Late afternoon glow Three minutes to sunset A few whispy clouds Resting on the canopy Bye bye sun A small caiman On the boat to say hello Capybara on the river bank

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