Day 17

We both slept on and off through the night. Nina slept surprisingly good actually. In the night the boat went slower. Thr uyancali river is so big, trees are floating everywhere, and in the night the driver can't see them so quickly. The sunrise over the river and jungle was really nice. When it got hot again (32°), we sat outside in the wind. It felt really cool, but the sun was burning nevertheless. Eike saw two blue ara's sitting in a tree. We saw also something big rolling in the water. We could not see what it was. Someone next to us used the word anaconda, but we will never know if it was one or not. The boat slowed down, and nina felt te sun burning really hot, so she went inside. Eike wanted to stay a little longer anyway, so Eike has his first sunburn (and it is a good one!) in years now 🤭 The older guy that was sitting next to Eike, kept buying us fruits, and drinks, and some kind of tamale. Eike tried to say no at some point, but the guy did not take that for an answer 😅 it was also nice, because we ate fruit we never saw before, and the drink was also made of a fruit we never tasted before. The best one was a fruit that looked from the outside a bit like a small coconut, but was orange on the inside and had some (4?) Big seeds inside. The battle for the sound was not so much happening today, because one was playing music in the front of the boat with a big speaker, and one in the back. The boat is so long that it worked. I do feel a bit sad for the old people in the front, because the music was really really loud there. But maybe they had earproblems anyway 🤭 we spend the day sitting inside and outside. Eike thought of a great hole in the market. The people at the stops have everything to sell, except for cerveza (bier). So in the evening eike went ashore and bought some in a shop at the harbour of a community. We sat outside when the sun was going down, and saw a big fish, but also some dolphins ❤️ that was the last time we sat outside, because after that nobody was allowed outside anymore. Nina thinks it was because the combination of the darkness, the many curves the river was getting, and the speed, that they would not think it was safe. Last night there was no problem with sitting outside. We started to get bored after 28 hours. Before that it was a really nice experience. After 36 hours we finally arrived at 01:00. We got our bags and took a mototaxi. We made the mistake with not asking how much it would be. Normally for a small ride like this, it would be 3 soles (75 cent or so), but he wanted 20 soles 😅 we checked in in our super fancy hotel with airconditioning, took a shower, watched some telenovella and a (very bad) cooking show (everybody on tv was white), and went to sleep.Read more