Monkey island and giant lilly pads

We had good weather while we were there. It was not sweltering hot. In fact it rained yes rain in a rain forest. We woke up with water in our room. Trees ar not meant to make houses in so when you do it is hard to keep out the rain. It is part of the adventure. So we're the cold water showers which if it had been sweltering in hot would have felt good. There are trade offs I'll take a cold shower and not so hot temperatures.



For our adventure this day we got in the long open air boats. They were low to the water. We floated off to the monkey island where there are a lot of varieties of monkeys. One monkey wanted to come in the boat. The guides positioned one boat so the monkey could climb in and the other so we could take pictures. Vicky loved the monkey. She said this is the best day ever. Lisa felt differently. Especially after the monkey grabbed a catipeler off a branch bit off the head and came back into the boat.


After we went back to the lodge we had lunch then some down time where we all did our our thing. Val and I climbed to the top bungalows. I'm glad I didn't have to climb them every day but it was fun to go up and see them.






Then off we went in the boats again. We went to a lake though the jungle to go piraña fishing. I only got nibbles. Took some fun pictures. Val caught a few. Kevin who was most excited about catching them caught a lot. The best one was the one he didn't catch but sent clear over the boat and back into the water. Fun for all.







Then as it got dark. We went and looked at some giant Lilly pads. The were huge some were ten feet in diameter. This was my favorite part of the day. There blossoms last for one day then they turn into a pad. We watched the blossom open just at dark. You could see the petals open it was so cool.















For dinner we got to try our pirañas. One great day.



Location:Tree house lodge, Peru

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