Today a trip to the airport and fly to the town of Puerto Maldonado the gateway to the Tambopata reserve and our lodge in the southern Amazon basin Back to the heat and humidity. We are prepared so we think.
How wrong I was. We arrived in Puerto Maldonado and repack what we want to take into the jungle. It is a 1 hour bus ride in a bouncy small bus. Then we get to the dock and it is a 1 hour boat ride to get to the lodge
Lunch and a snack in route. The first challenge comes when we get to the dock. In the north Amazon every time we went out in the boat it was a 2 flight of stairs up and a 5-10 walk on wooden walkway to our room. Here it is a 126 steps up with some wooden hand rails and then a 20 minute or 25 minute walk to the lodge
There is 24 hour electricity in the rooms. There are No ceiling fans in the rooms or the main dining room. No air conditioning either. The lodge I’d fairly primitive but there is a bar. We sleep under mosquitoe netting and the room is open on one side to the jungle. Lots of bugs in the room all the time. There is no way to cool off. There is no breeze. Dan is really not happy about that.
Food is okay. Buffet style fish and chicken at every meal. Various salsas and lots of salads and vegetables. Fruit juice at every meal and tons of water. All without ice. The lodge is bio ecology friendly so soap and no fresh towels every day. There is a clothesline outside the open wall of our room and a waterfall type shower in the bathroom.
I will send photos on the next posting
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