It has been nearly 3 weeks since our last blog post. \u00a0Internet access and time have been sparse as we have paddled the last 30 days in a row!<\/p>\n
We are in Atalya now and, while we do have internet, it is not good enough for photo updates.<\/p>\n
But here is a bit of an update from the past week. \u00a0I realize there is a big gap which we will have to fill in later…<\/p>\n
This is taken from emails we have sent to our friends and family who have been wondering if we are still alive.<\/p>\n
Enjoy! \u00a0Next update will be in about 7 days from Pucallpa. \u00a0Please excuse all spelling errors as there is no English spell check on this computer and I suck at spelling.<\/p>\n
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We have made it to Atalaya–yeah! \u00a0 This means we have completed Phase 1 of the trip–The Whitewater.<\/p>\n
We have also completed the Rio Ene y Rio Tambo. \u00a0Left in our phase 2 (Red Zone) is the Rio Ucayali, which will probably take us 7 more da<\/p>\n
SO FAR<\/strong><\/em>, our experience of the red zone has been quite pleasant. \u00a0Most We had a couple of weird things happen like a group of Asheninka The most logical explanation for how these stories about people Today as we were approaching Atalya someone yelled from shore “oye, Today was our 30th day in a row of paddling. \u00a0We are all feeling a We have seen nice scenery so far and are well into the jungle now. But now we are into the “normal” rainforest as we know it. \u00a0 And, even We have seen the following: Cesar, our guide for the red zone, saw a Capybara, but we did not:-(<\/p>\n We have seen more parakeets than I can count, tons of macaws, tiger We have seen 2 billion ankle biters, but very few mosquitos so far.<\/p>\n In a response to this email, I also generated DAY TO DAY LIVING:<\/p>\n It has been nearly 3 weeks since our last blog post. \u00a0Internet access and time have been sparse as we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayaktheamazon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\npeople were very friendly and once they saw that we had all our
\npaperwork in order–permission letter from Ministry of Tourism and
\npermission letters from the Indigenous groups of the Rio Ene and Rio
\nTambo–they were quite happy to have us there and pass.<\/p>\n
\nIndians were calling us over by waving at us from a far away bank. \u00a0As
\nit was not an official check point and we weren’t 100% sure if they
\nwere calling us or waving at us we did not stop promptly. \u00a0 After our
\nmotorized canoe told us to stop we did. \u00a0The Asheninkas were a little
\nbit drunk and yelled at our guide Cesar for not radioing ahead to
\ntell them we were coming. \u00a0Then, very nicely, they proceeded to
\nappologize to us for being angry but explained that we had to
\nunderstand that they had to control the area because there have been
\nproblems in the past with childern disapearing and gringos stealing
\ntheir organs…so, it turns out these myths really do exist down here!
\nThen they made Cesar do 50 push ups on the beach as his punishment
\nfor not calling ahead.<\/p>\n
\nstealing their children and their children’s organs we have heard is
\nthat often children will go swimming and end up drowning (aka
\ndissapearing). \u00a0They say there is a “parasitic catfish” in the rivers
\nup here that eats its prey from the inside out. \u00a0So the kids drown,
\nthe catfish eat them (from the insides) and then people find them days
\nlater dead with all their insides missing. \u00a0I am not sure if this is
\ntrue either, but it is the best explanation we have heard…<\/p>\n
\npela cara” (hey, peeled face) at us. \u00a0But other than these 2 things,
\neveryone has been extremely nice and helpful to us. \u00a0Let’s just hope
\nthat this luck continues!<\/p>\n
\nlittle wee bit tired, and so are taking a rest day tomorrow. \u00a0So
\nplease do NOT be alarmed when you don’t see any movement on the
\nwebsite.<\/p>\n
\nBut it took a while, 95% of the Mantaro was desert and catus was the
\ndominant plant. \u00a0From the confluence with the Apurimac, up until
\nyesterday the rainforest looked more like New England…we were in a
\npart that people call the dry forest (I think) and when it is the dry
\nseason–such as it is now–many of the trees lose their leaves. \u00a0There
\nwere places where 75% of a hillside was trees with no leaves.<\/p>\n
\nthough it is the dry season, it has been raining for 3 days straight!<\/p>\n
\nAndean Deer
\nAnother Deer that looked much like a N. American deer but darker brown\/grey
\nAndean Fox
\nWater Dog–an oversized otter than can swim but prefers shore
\nA real Otter<\/p>\n
\nherons, regular herons, eagles, hawks, osprey, cormorants and lots of
\nother birds we can not identify.<\/p>\n