Kamal Kapur: May 26-27-28 2014

Saturday, 7 June 2014

May 26-27-28 2014 - PERU

The Peruvians have some very interesting comments about their larger neighbour Brazil

- Brazil has no heroes... They have never been involved in a war...Unless the field is football ....Then there is no second to Pele, Carlos Torres, Ronaldinho , Ronaldo and at least ten others.

- Now that it has been confirmed that the mighty Amazon's source is in the Andes in Peru the Brazilians say :

" So What ....we have the larger portion of it “.

and the Peruvians retort..

"Well we have the tree...be happy with your branch".

- My journey on the mighty Amazon river began in the city of Iquitos in Peru. The route covered the Maranon, Yanallapa, Ucayali and Yarapa rivers...all tributaries that finally flowed into and became the Amazon.

The Ucayali which is the major tributary is muddy in color and opaque giving it an air of mystery .

-It was a three night cruise... we were a total of 23 passengers divided into groups of five each with a naturalist and a crew member as the " In Charge" .

- Our group was " The MACAWS" beautiful black and red birds.

CHEERS - THE MACAWS

- Our uniform : life jacket, long sleeve shirts , long trousers , lots of insect repellent cream.

-An oil skin to protect against the rain

To me the highlights of this journey were :

- Spotting the Morpho ....a large blue butterfly who refused to be photographed. But it is firmly etched in my memory.

- Fishing in the Piranha waters
catching my own and then with the help of the crew throwing it back into the water .

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