Last night we had a late night largely because all the guides at the lodge were celebrating Peruivan Independence Day. Loud latino music and the sounds of a college kegger do not make for a restful night’s sleep. So much for the sounds of the jungle!
This morning we got up at 5:30 am and headed to the Canopy Tower. Walking throught the jungle is not easy task. First of all you wear golashes, large rubber boots that come to just below the knees. This serves two purposes: keeping the mud off and protecting you from things that bite on the jungle floor.
The Canopy tower is a scaffoled structure 45 minutes from the lodge. Upon arrival we see it standing 125 feet (42 meters or 21 daddys) in the air. Upon reaching the summit the entire structure sways about 6 to 12 inches. We are to wait here for one hour so we can see Macaws, Parrots and Monkeys. We lasted about 60 seconds. The view was breathtaking, meaning I could not breath even a little bit and could not focus on the words that our guide was saying.
One thing about our lodge. There are no doors. Meaning there is no door to your room and no door to your bathroom. And the rooms aren’t really angled for privacy. Which means there is a lot of nudity at the lodge. Maybe it’s an ecolodge thing. But if your hiking with a group and come to a swimming hole and there is no place to change into your bathing suit… No problem! Just let it all hang out. No one is walking around naked on purpose, but no one is really hiding their privates either.
After lunch we trekked to the clay lick, about a 45 minute hike. The boys are really getting the hang of walking through the jungle. At the clay like we saw giant pigs called Peccarano’s and a black turkey. We caught up with a British tour group who was falling in the mud quite a bit and saying things like (read in thick British accent) “Gerald, did you see that giant turkey?”
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