On our first full day with the other 20 passengers, we awoke early and got into our hiking gear, (including crew-provided rain boots), and set off into two skiffs to walk to the village of Flor de Castaña. You can see where the water from the rainy season had killed the banana trees—it was about 10 feet higher just a month prior to our visit.
I must admit I felt a little silly wearing rain boots to trudge through the mud when this adorable little boy strolled by us with a big smile on his face in bare feet. He was off gathering leaves for Saturday’s San Juan celebration. Too cute!
The villagers played for us…
so we danced:
We even threw in a little bhangra!
And they kindly offered us chicha:
The kids were so cute!
As we started to say our goodbyes, the kids decided to show off for the photographer.
Now we’re headed back over the rickety wooden bridge to the skiffs:
Boots off!!!
Back to Delfin II to shower and get ready for lunch! Ciao!
As is the case with most couples who fund their own wedding, ours set us back a bit, so we planned on holding off taking a honeymoon until we could save up to go somewhere amazing. So when we got this opportunity to visit Lima fell into our laps, we figured we could just kill two birds with one stone and make a honeymoon out of it; and while we were there, we’d fly to Cusco for a few days and check out Machu Pichu. In fact, we were two seconds from booking a flight when another unbelievable dream of an opportunity fell into our laps—a five day cruise down the Amazon River!!! Hmm…what would be more honeymoon-like? A bunch of other tourists and altitude sickness or a floating 5-star hotel through the jungle? Needless to say, we booked our tickets to Iquitos, stocked up on mosquito repellent, and set off for the Delfin II. We had no idea just how unbelievable this experience was going to be.
Hola Iquitos! The smallest airport I’ve ever been to!
