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The lodge we were staying in is inaccessible by road.
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After the motorboat ride, we had to hike for an hour.
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The jungle is loud!
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No TV, air-conditioning, real walls, hot water or electricity, but somehow it beats Hilton anyday! :-)
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It's like the Blair Witch project.
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Our quaint jungle lodge. With limited electricity, you have to enjoy the simpler things in life, like conversation, playing cards or reading a nice book.
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Desert mountains...
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And suddenly rainforests! Wow.
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Our ride into the jungle.
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The streets kinda look like India. Lol.
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Throwing our stuff into duffel bags for the boat ride into our lodge.
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Rio Madre de Dios, one of the Amazon's many tributaries.
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Our lunch, neatly wrapped in a leaf (it's not a banana leaf).
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Slash & burn...
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Welcom to the jungle!
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Can you see the monkey?
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A strange plant... forgot what it was called.
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That is some dense jungle foliage. Where's my machete?
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A great photo op.
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Leaf-cutter ants. These guys can travel for miles carrying leaves back to their underground nest.
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Some crazy looking spiderweb.
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After the hike, we hopped onto a canoe. Know motorized boats allowed on Lago Sandoval.
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Say "Grandma's Panties"!
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That fly was the size of my head!
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Turtles!
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From the algae-infested waters of the jungle swamp to the beautiful Lago Sandoval!
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