Wednesday 9th April
Today our time in the rainforest came to an end - and so did my runny nose! I am going to miss waking up to the sounds of the birds and howler monkeys each morning and the general peacefulness and relaxed atmosphere out here. But we are headed back to Cuzco and civilisation.
We all boarded the canoe about 0800 for the ride back down river to Puerto Maldonado. We had a LONG wait in the tin shed airport with no a/c, only fans, cue sweaty armpits. Our flight wasn´t until 1240, and we were there at about 1100, as some others had the first flight back to Lima, so we had a while to wait. Well, their flight time came and went, and after a while an announcement came over that the flight had been canceled and they were consolidating their flight with ours. All good. But then our boarding time came and went, and still no sign of a plane. Eventually a plane turned up at about 1300, and we eventually left at just after 1330.
Once back in Cuzco, we came back to Pirwa hostel again to have a nice HOT shower (only cold water in the jungle, but it was OK as it was so hot all the time) and get into some clean clothes before updating you lot on what we have been up to in the last week or so.
So, that´s pretty much it for now really. We are off to Arequipa tomorrow, and from there will visit the Colca canyon and hopefully see some Condors! Will be in touch again soon (yes Mum, Poppa Goat´s comments are soooo funny :-P). Catch ya later!
Photo: Hazy view of the rainforest from the plane.
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