Much voting occured while on the set of The Five Travelling Amigos - The Amazon Surviver espisode. Most of this occured while on the very long canoes we used to travel up stream to our lodge on the banks of the Tambopato River. There were about 20 lodgers per canoe, each lined up on either side of the canoe. Each time you moved, it would set the canoe rocking dangerously, even if you were just sitting up from a leaned back position to an upright one! While Tim was trying very hard to be voted off the canoe so that he would have to stay in this lovely paradise 
These birds, Macaws, were at the lodge after being rescued from captivity. They were supposedly being rehabilitated to be released into the wild. They had learnt to open doors, climb through windows and lure travellers to procure bananas for them. From the birds perspective I cant think of anything that would encourage them into the jungle. we unfortunately all had to leave after four nights in the jungle.
So we are all back in Cuzco now. A brief summary from Tim of the trip and others will embellish, I´m sure.
We arrived in Pto Maldonado by plane from Lima, in the midst of a tropical thunderstorm. Fortunately it cleared in time for our trip upstream, about 50km and 1.5 hours to a lodge in a nature reserve. We saw lots of villagers farming on the river banks and their goods piled up on the banks ready for boats to transport them down stream.
The lodge, Explorer´s Inn, itself was quite comfortable. No hot water or electricity but clean and comfortable, nonetheless - and the food was great. We then did a whole lot of activities over the next three days in the jungle including another trip upstream, 70km, into the national park and camped overnight. I´ll let the others tell of these adventures.
We have two days in Cuzco now acclimatizing before we set off on our four day trek.
Cheers Tim
So we are all back in Cuzco now. A brief summary from Tim of the trip and others will embellish, I´m sure.
We arrived in Pto Maldonado by plane from Lima, in the midst of a tropical thunderstorm. Fortunately it cleared in time for our trip upstream, about 50km and 1.5 hours to a lodge in a nature reserve. We saw lots of villagers farming on the river banks and their goods piled up on the banks ready for boats to transport them down stream.
The lodge, Explorer´s Inn, itself was quite comfortable. No hot water or electricity but clean and comfortable, nonetheless - and the food was great. We then did a whole lot of activities over the next three days in the jungle including another trip upstream, 70km, into the national park and camped overnight. I´ll let the others tell of these adventures.
We have two days in Cuzco now acclimatizing before we set off on our four day trek.
Cheers Tim
Waiting for Macaws at the salt lick (very early morning)
Climbing a giant vine on the biggest tree in the Amazon Basic allegedly
We participated in a Sunday afternoon football match with locals from the nearby villages and the reserves. the goalie seems to be more interested in feeding the birds! this opportunity made the trip quite special.
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