Arriving in Iquitos
Local cab in market; there are 20,000 of these in Iquitos and very few cars
Our Lodge
Ceiba Tops bar. WiFi too!
Arriving at our Amazon Camp called Ceiba Tops
Another Amazon camp
Looking Amazonward from Ceiba Tops
A tree is explained to Janice by Percy our guide
Centipede on the trail
Small frog on the trail
Termites on guide's hand. Then he rubs them dead all over to repell insects. Smells like wood.
Tarantula in hole on trail
Pentulous bird nest
Staff cabin
Janice making a splash
A Macaw watching Janice splash
Victor, our driver, leaving Ceiba Tops for the morning excursion
Riverside home
Poling to the lilies
Giant water lilies
Spiny underside
Jan loved this 3-toed sloth
Not so much this red-tailed boa constrictor
Smile from a sloth
OK so it's a small piranha
Maybe even smaller?
...the day's catch - 11
...but look at the teeth
on the plate for lunch
giant kapok tree
war paint
with this stuff
makeup
dancing with native indians
Jan dances too
blow-gunning; didn't hit the target
the experts
Jan hit the target
Larry, ascending the canopy walkway from the bottom to the top of the amazon jungle
Janice, making her way on the canopy walk
A good look at what the tourist faces at up to 116 feet above ground - in the tree tops
from a tree platform looking down at the last section
Near the top of the Peruvian Amazon Jungle on the canopy walkway with photo for the Burlington Post to publish
another back photo at tree tops
A turn in the canopy walk trail
Finishing a sectin, the paper is too soggy now
A “shaman” demonstrating various jungle remedies
Shaman doing ceremony to protect Tony ( from Oakville ) agains evil spirits
Shaman doing same ceremony for Annie from Reunion Island ( off Madagascar )
Shaman giving Janice a tatoo of a hummingbird
No kidding, an ant-eater just wandered into our demonstration area
The persistent fellow fell in love with Cesar
Annie wasn't ready to give up her rain coat
Janice, relaxing for the 50 mile river trip back to Ceiba Tops Lodge
Typical village along the Amazon
The guides' band, The White Bellied Frogs, our guide, Ceasar is the white belly
High School Show, “Dance of the Anaconda Woman”, the standin for the anaconda is a red-tailed boa
More of the Anaconda Woman
Too much of the anaconda
Finale
The Indiana Mia HIgh School Dancers
Arriving in San Louis, building the river taxi
San Louis home
Home in San Louis, part of the family
The kids all wanted to see their pictures on the camera screen
All the schools display the state coat of arms
Kindergarten on right, elementary school on left
We faced the class on entering
More of the class
Lined up for candies
The kids gave us flowers for our hair and Janice poses with them
River Taxi
Typical vilage
Motocabs in Iquitos
Family of 4 out for Sunday drive in Iquitos
