Amazon Jungle Diary Vol.2

The adventure continues... Maybe the main highlight of the trip was when my friend Nik almost stepped on the 3rd most venomous pit viper in the jungle next called ¨Jargón¨ not sure what the scientific name is. After our guide trapped the snake by tying a piece of string around it´s neck he told us some interesting facts about the snake. ¨If you get bit by one of these snakes you have about 6 hours to live. When you start bleeding out of your eyes, ears, and finger nails your done for...! ¨Holy shit¨¨ I thought shaking with adrenalin. We were definately atleast 6 hours away from the nearest hospital with antivenom. The guide thought he could save someone´s life by killing it. 2 months earlier a Peruvian man got bit on the leg while taking a dump. He didn´t make it home. The next day I skinned it and have plans on making a belt out of it. Nik wanted to eat the snake and make a necklace out of its head. He didn´t eat it but still has the head.Picture: Black Capuchino monkey staring down at me

Can you see the monkey? We saw 4 different species of monkeys on our expedition. (Capuchino, Howler, Spider, and Black Capuchino). Monkeys I guess aren´t too hard to find if you go deep enough into the jungle. Plus it really depends on how good your guide is and how quiet you are. We were fortunate to see the Black one in this pic. Our guide was super excited to see it which made us excited as well. He told me its almost impossible to see them because they run away at the smell, site, or sound of humans. We got lucky because in this pic there were dozens of other monkeys making lots of noise which worked in our favor. When we approached this area we saw dozens of monkeys jumping around. It sounded like a summer rain storm with all of the leaves rustling.

Picture: Me ¨thinking¨ at Laguna Azul in Sauce, Perú

The only funny thing that happened on this part of the adventure was when my friends and I sunk a canoe in the middle of the lake. I was scared we were going to have to buy another canoe. It was a tiny canoe and definately could not hold 3 people. We were acting like idiots. No wonder American tourists have the reputation of being obnoxious.

Picture: Sunset over the Amazon River

One cool thing about Perú is the architecture. Every region has its own style of building. In the jungle all of the houses are build off the ground so when the river rises the water goes under their house. How do they get around then? By canoe.

Picture: Me, Eli and Nik standing in a swamp where there are Caimán (jungle alligators)

Smart huh. Our guide told us there ¨probably weren´t¨ any alligators in this swamp. We trusted him so we all got in and took a pic. I was disapointed that I didn´t see any Caimán on this trip. Apparently in the summer time when the water is high they are everywhere.

Picture: Giant lilly pads

Picture: Sun shining on the grass near our base camp