The Amazon

Ok, this was the shit!

After a relaxing week in La Paz, we decided to go to Peru. First we visited the Lake Titicaca from the city of Puno. This Lake, that is three times as big as Luxembourg, is located in 3500 m above sealevel, so it was a speciel experience.

We then went to Cusco where we had a Jungle Trek waiting for us. As our Macchu Picchu Trek was cancelled because of landslides, we decided to do this trek. Mads decided to stay in Cusco. We got picked up at 5.00 am in the morning and went over the mountains to reach the Manu district - the Peruvian side of the Amazon. After 2-3 hours in the jungle our chef Carmen, shouted from the front seat "PARE PARE PARE" (Stop, stop, stop) and we all where looking out of the window. Suddenly we shouted "OH ITS A.." when our guide, William, whispered at the top of his lungs" Shut up, shut up, shuuuuuut uuuuuup!!". We went out of the car and 10 meters from us in the top of a tree was sitting a bear and looking directly at us. It just stared at us and after a few minutes it just lay down and slept. Our guide was thrilled by watching this animal, as we found out that it is the only bear in South America - and extremely rare. William is born and has lived the most of his 28 years in the jungle - and has never seen the Spectacled Bear. We only needed about three hours.

Shortly after we found out that nature was controlling us, and we weren´t controlling nature. In the middle of the road there was a landslide. We didn´t know what to do untill William said. "Ok, out fo the car!" and we all started throughing rocks into the stream. It took about an hour to remove the worst rocks, dirt and trees and we could proceed deeper in the jungle.

On our trip to the first place where we could sleep, we saw eagles, monkeys and the Peruvian National Bird "The Cock of the Rock". The first night was filled with the most fantastic lightning and thunders I have ever witnessed.

The next day we went out to the Madre Dios River, a river that ends in the mighty Amazon River. The stream was fast and we arrived to our Bonanza Lodge by midday. We got the chance to taste and eat raw larvas. Here we rested untill it got dark. Now we went out to find the huge spider called Tarantula. William didnt have any problems picking it up and playing a little with it, but we all managed only by watching. We also found frogs and other spiders.

After a good nights sleep we ended in the weirdest situation. After a good Trek in the jungle our guide decided that we all should make our own path. So we got the manchet (a little sword) and tried to cut our way through the jungle. William said that if he started running then we should run after him - if we got in contact with a wasp´s nest. That was exactly what happened. Suddenly Jakob shouts "AV" and we all now its time, so we run through the jungle, trying to escape the wasp´s, who attack us while we run. A comic only Monty Python could have made funnier. As we were so far away from the original path we had to find a new way to go past the wasps nest - the only solution was a deroute through a little stream, where the water went up to your knees. This also happened untill the middle of the stream, where I got stuck in the mud. We asked if there was chances of snakes in the water. And when William just said "Sure" I was quickly out of the mud again.
Later that night we searched for Tapirs, but with no luck.

We were tired on the fourth day, so out only activity was fishing, wish actually was the funnest part of the trip. We catched some fish - and also a turtle! The turtle we let go, but the next day we had fish almost the whole day. When it got dark we searched for Caymans (small crocodiles). After William couldnt catch any we went back towards the Lodge. Sudenly William says "Ok boys, lets try something fun! But your bags down" and he explained that we should all look for the caymans. At the end it worked and William and Oliver catched two caymans. Unbelievable.

At the day of our departure we got the news that the road to cusco was collapsed 30 places by landslides and it would first be ready in 1 month. Some people decided to walk the whole path, but we were assured that there would come an evacution plan. The first day there was nothing. the second day was nothing. So the third day we decided to help our guides (other travel agencies where stuck aswell) who did everything to help us. So we called the danish embassy, the prime ministers office and other tourists called there embassies. So after a half day of pushing the political system (the Peruvian government wasnt really willing to help us, as the Macchu Picchu needed more help) we finally saw the helicopter arriving. Three days of boredom was awarded by a free helicopter ride!!! We were split up in two groups, and I was in the first helicopter without my friends. But the helicopter was filled with beautiful Peruvian girls, so I was more satisfied with this situation.

An adventuros trip in the Amazon was over.

After some days in Cusco I decided to fly to Lima. No more busses. Here I have met up with Mads again, and we are going to Los Angeles tomorrow morning. A chapter is soon over and a new one just to begin!!

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