Sunday morning we arrived in Iquitos and headed to the Amazon CARES clinic.
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| Local street dog waiting for someone to let her in the clinic. |
While we were waiting for the rest of the group to arrive, we were given a walking tour of the Boulevard and the Belen Market by a man who owned a jungle tour company just a few doors down from the clinic.
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| The Boulevard |
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| A little jet-lagged, but happy to be in Peru! |
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| A tributary of the Amazon River. |
Within minutes it was easy to see why we were there...to help the numerous street dogs.
The Belen Market was a bustling place with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, chicken, and so much more.
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| A smart street dog hanging around the market. |
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| Our impromptu tour guide out in front. |
After heading back to the clinic, we were off with all of our supplies by MotoKar to our jungle lodge's city office.
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| The first of many awkward transports of the dog kennels. |
While we waited at their office to head to the jungle, we enjoyed a quiet lunch overlooking the
Amazon River.
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| We had our first animal encounter during lunch. |
Eventually we headed the 90 river miles to the jungle lodge we would call home for the next four nights.
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| Where the brown and blue water meet. |
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| Our jungle home... |
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| ...the Tahuayo Lodge. |
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| The view from the lodge. |
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| The hammock room. Unfortunately, we were too busy to spend much time in there. |
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| In the center are the solar panels that provided the lodge with electricity for a few hours each night. |
After arriving at the lodge, we hopped back in a boat and cruised the river.
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| Spot the sloth? |
After dinner we headed out for one more river cruise, this time in the dark. We spotted a number of birds,a frog, and at one point a fish jumped into our boat.
Back at the lodge, a new guest had checked in.
