I am pretty sure we are at day 13...
This exact knowledge Danny possess actually kept us from missing our flight...
...thank god this wasn't our plane...
...when we landed there were two burned out wreckages that slightly resembled planes in the grass left to rot...really reassuring!!...
...Our view from the plane...the Amazon river...
...Danny tried getting out of wearing the vest...sucker!!!
I couldn't believe these houses could exist...floating on dilapidated sinking docks...the people have to replace the wood buoy's that support the homes every 8 years...
A curious little girl popped out to see us...I love this photo...probably one of my favorites from the whole trip...
...boats creak and bob as we passed by...
...old abandoned ships have also been turned into their own little bobbing homes as well...
...some homes weren't even that sophisticated...made mearly out of palm thatched tents popped up like open tents...
...Our thatched roof ride...
...Anyone lost a log??
...Pieces of drift wood like this floated along throughout the river...
...We're off to the Cumaceba lodge...a thirty minute boat road up the river...
...definitely worth the trek....it's the most amasing place...
...Home along the river...almost disapears in a sea of trees...
...Off the boat, here we go along our covered canopy that winds toward the lodge...
...We walked into the main room of the lodge and were greated by a massive thatched roof with beautiful skylights...
...A long ride and we were starved...
...just a few fresh bananas, rice, avocado, catfish and palm shavings...yum!!!
...Ok, so not quite like the food on the rest of our trip, but good...
...Danny liked the shavings and ate it up like it was coleslaw...I did not...
...I thought it tasted like sour salad...
The view from our room...I'll be doing some reading here later...
...can't blog from here, sorry!!...looks like you'll all have to wait till we get back...
...Although...our guides cell phone works great!...only because there is a police location nearby with a cell tower...otherwise, we are pretty remote out here...
....Danny thought it was hilarious when Walter pulled out his cell phone in the middle of the jungle when we can't even get good reception in our place in mission beach...go figure...
...Fresh towels on the bed...
...I wondered out to take a pic of the walkway as it started to drizzle...
... They leave kerosene lamps by your door and light them at night...
....it reminded me of when we were girls and the power went out...my sister and I were so scared in our little house on Twin Oakes...although it seemed massive to us at the time...we screamed for our dad, who came and got us...
...he collects a bunch of kerosene lamps and lit them all in the house, then took us out with one to the red painted concrete landing at our front door...
...we looked up at the sky and the sparkling stars...it happened to be a full moon and it made us feel so safe...one of the greatest memories I have of my dad...
...anywhoo...Danny is at home in his new hut...
...The huts are raised because the water levels change so much here...
...if you forget your rainboots they rent them to you for 10 soles (a little over a dollar, for your whole stay)...they were strewn about all the decks...here you can see the hammock deck behind...so relaxing!!!
...Just outside our room, it really is a jungle out there...
...View of all the connecting decks toward the main lodge...
...a little nap in the hammock anyone?
...Our tour guide, Walter...hi Walter!!! Hope you're checking out our blog!...As soon as we got there he quickly squirmed out of his official polo and khakis and climbed into a cutoff shirt and jean shorts, he's uniform for the rest of our trip...
...We're off to Monkey Island...my favorite place in the world...
...I was so ecstatic I could barely wait to hold him...I've waited my whole life to experience something like this...it was so amazingly cool I can't even describe it to you......it's going to be hard to top this with any wedding day or honeymoon or any of those other things girls in pink frilly dresses daydream about when their 8 years old...it was truely an ultimate chance of a lifetime and I couldn't believe it was actually happening...
...talk about a tear jerker...
...wasn't sure about this guy...
...and he was putty in my arms...nibbling on his little piece of banana...
.....This is my little friend cappuccino...
...He's just a little one...they save these animals from the black market...
...Our new family portrait... 
...Adam, we're getting a monkey, yes!! more monkey action...
...Toucan and Jane...
...Danny playing with snakes...kissy, kissy...
...say cheese!!!!
...okay okay, get it off me now!!! you got your photo...
...python Leeewwy!
...Let's try some anaconda venom...or some local Amazon rum...or perhaps a little dragon blood for your bug bites, rub it in and it turns creamy like calamine lotion...
...Me and cappuccinno still hanging out...he wanted to drink some sugar cane they squeezed for me, I let him have some, I'm such a sap...
...I was so giddy I hardly even noticed the thousand of little white fly chewing away at my legs...when I looked down I saw the over 300 little chew marks between where my rain boots and my capri yoga pants left a small section for their demise...
...Danny is a happy camper...he wanted to put him in our back pack...
...The sky out on the river as the sun goes down...
...Time to wash off and take a dip in the waters...
Danny jumped in...I went in the old fashioned way...
...Back home after such an amazing experience...
...I'm ready to relax a bit on the hammocks and further examine my bite marks......it would at least drop from the approximately 400 bites,
...Here is the decks at night, lit be citronella burning candles.... 
...Dinner by kerosene in the main lodge...
...The bar off the main room...it accounts for some 20 more bugs bites I got on my feet... 
...Walter calls this his pet, nice pet Walter...this guy hangs out on the dock above you before you load into the canoe for a night ride to hunt for things that go creep and crawl in the night...including alligators in the pond...
...Just a little midnight stroll on the canoe...
...we saw froggies...
...can you spot this one?....
....Oh and yes, spiders, tons of them alongside the canoe...
...Sleep tight!! See you tomorrow!!!
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