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Our Amazon Cruise on the Aqua

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by: Norma

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Want to go? MV Aqua: Luxury Amazon

I went to: Peru, Lima, Iquitos
Our ship, the AquaJust a baby anaconda!Casa Morey, an ex-rubber baron's home, our hotel in IquitosStreet art, IquitosPlaza des Armes, IquitosIn IquitosWaterfront, IquitosAmazonian logging, ready for shipmentBelen marketSpices, Belen marketSmoked boar Amazon catfishBlack corn, Belen marketGrubs (yes, for eating) Belen marketaphrodisiacs, herbel cures, BelenMaking cigarettes, Belen marketFish and turtles, Belen marketBustling BelenWaterline was above his knees, BelenJust-arrived bananas, BelenRiverboat commerce, BelenBanana warehouse, BelenBelen street, dry seasonRaw rubber from treeGoliath spiderTre frog (poisonous)ToadTree frogGoliath spiderCute fuzzy bat (I touched it!)Cannonball tree (look out below!)Small lizardWeaving palm leafWeaving a palm leafLizardEgretsDwarfed by the treeAlong one of many riversCaracara-one of manyOwl monkeys peer at usDelfina and her familyDelfina's floating chicken coopGiant lily pad lagoonPulling me out of a mud holeThe structure of a lily padA fisherman with his catchA fisherman's catchThe curare treeFisherman: a stick, a wire, & baitWashing upStill life, with canoeDusk, on the riverSistersThis was lunchThis was lunchVillage housesHouse interiorInterior roofYoung woman with 2 of her childrenGrandma, age 72Clothing storageAn evening swimVillage houseVillage house, dad repairing his outboard motorKindergartenEnglish language classMe, with slothMatamataMe, with "baby" anacondaTiny bats on the underside of a logIdyllic riverbanksIguanaMacaws, flyingCaymanRiver dolphinPink river dolphinStill life: butterfly feasting on dead catfishExtra large caymanPiranha fishing!Piranha Floating housesSugar cane distilleryRiverboat, with hammocks for sleepingYoung rescued manateeKen feeding a young manateeWhere the two rivers form the AmazonAt this point the river is officially called the AmazonA few local fruits

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