Recently we decided to take an "SM Trip". Unfortunately Doctor Richard, Jenni, Karen, and Anthony couldn´t come so it became a trip for us five (John, Jackson, Alex, Ansley and myself). To much happened over the entire trip to write about everything, but here is a brief summary.
We arrived at the launch (boat) in the morning so we could get good spots on board. It was supposed to depart that evening around 5:00. It didn´t leave that night so us guys just spent the night on board because we didn´t really have anywhere to go. Finally around 9:00 pm that night we started down river. Only a delay of about 28 hours.
Our first stop was in Inahuaya. It´s a small little river city where Jenni had done a clinic a long time ago. For the most part we just hung out and relaxed. One morning though we headed out to some hot springs and waterfalls. It was really strange to swim under a hot waterfall. Unfortunately our boat couldn´t get started to get us back to Inahuaya so we put it onto a peke peke. To make a long story short we had a long (about 4.5 hours), cold, wet (raining the whole time), dark ride back to where we were staying. It got cold enough that at one point Ansley leaned over and told me that John and Jackson were spooning in the back for warmth. Sure enough they were in the chalupa together trying to survive. I stayed warm by bailing water most of the ride.
From Inahuaya, John, Alex, and I took a boat to Iquitos and Jackson and Ansley took a boat back to Pucallpa. Iquitos is a fairly touristy city in Peru that can only be reached by boat or plane. We spent a few days there. One day we went to Belen which is basically a poorer version of Venice. Riding in a little canoe around floating houses. Another day we went to a little animal preserve type place. John made things interesting when a monkey stole his wallet and ran up a tree with it. He proceeded to unzip everything and take it all out. After a while of climbing trees, searching on top of huts, and making trades with the monkey we got most everything back. The other excursion that we went on was to a Bora village. Basically some Peruvian Indians that were lacking in the shirt department. Little John´s eyes were exposed to way to much skin. After a few tribal dances we headed back to catch our plane back to Pucallpa.
This is a very brief summary of everything, but I don´t really feel like writing a lot. John and Ansley have posted some blogs about the trip so check their sites out. The links are at the top right of this page.
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