Today it rained. I fear it is becoming a habit. The long-range weather forecast is doing it's best to dampen our spirits but we shall soldier on regardless. I don't mind too much as it reminds me of home. Thanks for the umbrella, Mum, probably the most useful jungle accessory in my pack so far. We went for a walk along the river - not the Amazon, I have discovered, but the Itaya River which is a tributary.
We spotted some exotic wildlife. Well, technically, a local spotted it, called us over to show us and then Justin spent the next five minutes trying to help me spot it. Can you see it in the picture below?
Justin says there's no way that anyone will find it and I'll just end up alienating my readers if I don't give you the payoff - so, here is what, we think, is a Green Iguana (the largest lizard in Peru). This little guy is not yet fully grown at just over a metre long.
The local that just happened to be helpfully pointing out wildlife then ushered us into a museum to give us a guided tour of some fibreglass statues of indigenous Peruvians from various tribes that a Peruvian Swedish man had made after travelling around taking photos and making moulds in various villages around Peru and Brazil.
The further north you go the less clothes you need, apparently, so here's a wee taster of what Justin should be wearing after a couple of weeks in the jungle.
Tonight we dance. Carlos, a friend of my Spanish friend Ruben, has very kindly taken us under his wing and this evening he's taking us out on the town for a wee cumbia hoe-down.
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Those statues came to NZ when I was working at the Embassy of Peru! They are pretty cool.
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