Jeff, Bob and Joseph arrived from the States and Armando,Naida,Matteo and I met them at the small local airport... then headed back to the hotel for some breakfast and orientation. We spent the next several days and nights taking in some of the sights, evening boat rides on the Lago Yarinacocha and meeting Jorje our translator - a really vibrant 21 yr old who Matthew had used on a previous trip to Contemana... we got to benefit from his misfortune since he broke his arm in a motorcycle accident a month or so ago and had a combination of internal fixation with a strange pin sticking out of his skin and he had suspended his Law studies for the year to recover so was free to travel with us again. He is definitely an asset on our adventure. He was happy to have a little private physical therapy treatment as he had pain and was not using his hand at all so it was extremely weak. But would soon improve...
It is hot and steamy here in Pulcallpa and the streets are full of tuktuks(motorcars)... We were able to spot some fresh water dolphins from the boat and visited a small zoo on the opposite shore where there was an opportunity to say hello to a partially blind ocelot, a wet and slinky Anaconda who wiggled and jiggled and shed some skin in our company....
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