Since it was our last week we decided to take one last adventure and booked a jungle tour. We 
went by bus/boat deep into the Amazon jungle and stayed at an ecolodge. It was great! On the boat ride to the lodge we saw an Anaconda, troop of squirel monkeys, and lots of birds. That night we went on a night hike and checked out the various insects and spiders of the forest. Many of the trees, etc are similar to what we saw on the Bolivian jungle trip we took, but this was surrounded more by the river. In the morning we took the boat to a local community and learned how they live. Ripped up one of their Yucca plants to make Yucca bread and they let us have some of their hot peppers so we could make salsa later on. It was interesting to see and even more interesting to visit their shaman. He was traditionally dressed and described what he used the various plants for; including one that apparently causes someone never to have the flu.
After he explained all the plants around his hut, he went through a typical ceremony of curing someone. They have something called ayahuasca which allows them see what is wrong and determine whether or not them can fix it. It causes people to get really sick and hullucinate - sounds like great healing huh?
went by bus/boat deep into the Amazon jungle and stayed at an ecolodge. It was great! On the boat ride to the lodge we saw an Anaconda, troop of squirel monkeys, and lots of birds. That night we went on a night hike and checked out the various insects and spiders of the forest. Many of the trees, etc are similar to what we saw on the Bolivian jungle trip we took, but this was surrounded more by the river. In the morning we took the boat to a local community and learned how they live. Ripped up one of their Yucca plants to make Yucca bread and they let us have some of their hot peppers so we could make salsa later on. It was interesting to see and even more interesting to visit their shaman. He was traditionally dressed and described what he used the various plants for; including one that apparently causes someone never to have the flu.
After he explained all the plants around his hut, he went through a typical ceremony of curing someone. They have something called ayahuasca which allows them see what is wrong and determine whether or not them can fix it. It causes people to get really sick and hullucinate - sounds like great healing huh? 
We ended up spending the rest of the days touring around the various laguanas and hiking. Ended up seeing 4 Anacandas; a few pink river dolphins; 3 types of monkeys; lots of birds, spiders, and insects. Our guide even took Ben and I fishing for peacock bass since Ben was really excited that our guide killed one with a paddle one night. Unfortunately we didn´t catch any when we went fishing for them, but got some pirhanas. 
That was our last adventure! Now its back home to the good ole USA!
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