Ramon Escamilla and Marta Piqueras on the river trip down the Pastaza River from the community of Andoas Viejo to San Lorenzo -- 14 hours of travel downriver, done over two days.
Ramon
Marta
Ramon and Marta
Ramon reading
Chris Beier and Lev Michael on the river trip down the Pastaza River from the community of Andoas Viejo to San Lorenzo -- 14 hours of travel downriver, done over two days.
Lev
The river trip from San Lorenzo to Nauta took 11 hours. We traveled down the Marañon to the Amazon and disembarked at Nauta, where we caught a bus to Iquitos.
Fortunately, most of the day was beautiful -- no rain, not too cloudy, not too sunny. The river itself was quite still, so the jungle and the clouds made spectacular reflections in the water.
Traveling in the front seat of a speedboat zipping downriver, the wind is pretty strong and chilly. Fortunately, the lifevests provided extra warmth as well as extra padding for the unforgiving seats.
Marta Piqueras on the river trip from San Lorenzo to Nauta.
The Marañon River
Along the Marañon River
Thank goodness for watertight equipment cases -- the front of the boat had no cover, and though it never rained hard, lots of splash entered the boat. But hey -- the cases are a bit the cleaner for it!
Fun with the camera
As soon as Chris got the digital camera out of the watertight case, Lev turned it on her!
Rain over there
Rain over there too!
Rain ahead... but we skirted it.
Chris' turn for Fun with the camera
Lev on the river trip from San Lorenzo to Nauta, June 21, 2009.
A special moment: having one of our treasured salty plums to tide us over until dinner.
The Marañon River -- notice all the little floating plants.
