We were dropped off for the next part of our jungle tour at the tour operator’s office in Puerto Maldonado. Here we met our guide John (who we nick named Jungle John so that there wouldn’t be any confusion with Canadian John). We took a short car drive to the river where the three of us boarded one of the river taxi boats for a 45 minute boat ride …
There were eight of us that left Puerto Maldonado for the Amazon; a newly married couple from Vancouver, a woman from Italy, a man from Peru, a couple from Spain and us makes eight. We drove for over an hour on paved and then dirt roads and then took a boat down the Tambopata River to our accomodations- the Collpa Tambopata Inn. The Tambopta River is one of the …
We had the last breakfast at our Hospedaje. Every place we go, they have scrambled eggs for breakfast. I normally like eggs but am getting pretty sick of them. John and I figured that a Hospedaje is a place where you stay with a family. Now is the perfect time to discuss our luggage woes. Going over all these cobblestones, somehow, I managed to lose the rubber on one …
The sun was shining when we met Carlos, our driver for the day in the town square. The plan was to visit four sites in the Sacred Valley. It took us well over an hour to drive up in altitude to Pisac. The views along the way of rugged mountains, lush fields and towns of small adobe homes was lovely. We passed many people in typical Peruvian dress, often …