Friday 10 April 2009

Amazon Jungle

This morning, our bus from Quito took 7 hours, to Tena, where we had lunch (Caldo de Pollo - chicken soup, and Spicy Pork Belly), before we got another bus for about 40 minutes to the Cotococha Jungle Lodges.

In the jungle, it was insanely hot, and humid, but the place was amazing. It´s so quiet compared to Quito as well, just in the middle of nowhere, miles from the nearest village.

The lodges had no electricity, so any light is by kerosene lamps, with cold showers using river water.



In the afternoon, we went to visit the Quichuan locals, who showed us how to make pottery, Chichua (an alcoholic brew made from Yucca), and how to sift gold from the river.

That evening, we had a few beers around an open fire, getting to know each other a bit more and relaxing to the noises of the jungle.

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