First two days in Peru
The first two days here have been great. The trip down finally went great with absolutely no problems. In fact, LanPeru Airlines upgraded my seat to a better one. So now I am once again in Iquitos, Peru in the middle of the Amazon Basin.
Yesterday we took a long walk in a very poor neighborhood until evening. We snuck some a few sunset pictures in a restricted area along a tributary of the Amazon. I thought the security guards were going to have us arrested, but we managed to get our without further trouble. I had a great time walking aroun with Mary and three of her friends.
Today I watched a flag raising ceremony the morning in the main plaza. Many people turned out and it was a big occasion in the city. A parade of military units followed a flag raising ceremony. It was a colorful ceremony with a brass band playing and assorted local dignitaries involved.
In the afternoon we went to Lago Quistococha. We took a quick walkthrough of the zoo there then went swimming in the lake. Despite having to watch our bag filled with clothes and my video camera, we had a great time splashing in the jungle lake and playing on the white sand. Afterwards, we had a nice meal of ceviche which is basically raw meat somehow cooked by putting it in lemon juice. It sounds bad, but tastes great. The meat consisted of chicken, fish, shrimp, crab, oyster, and crocodile. Yes, crocodile meat.
Tonight we had a couple of ice cream sundaes at our favorite parlor before heading to this internet shop.
Tomorrow Mary Isabel goes to the university early and I´ll have the morning to be a tourist. I´ll try to upload some photos somewhere, but so far I´ve been busy taking lots of video of this beautiful place.
