Leaving Chuncho Lodge

I woke up around 5 am. It was raining heavily. We got ready and went to have our breakfast in the dining room. We were served fresh cut fruits with papaya juice and a big pancake with eggs. After the sumptuous meal, we were ready to leave bu 7 am. It was still raining quite a bit when we sat in the boat. At Filadelfia, we had to carry our bags and walk for some distance since the jeep was not able to come all the way to the jetty due to the heavy muck near the shore. We were wearing the rain boots so it was not a big problem for us to wade through the muck to reach the jeep.
We changed back to our normal boots at the jeep and started our way back to Porto Maldonado. It had started pouring heavily by now and tge jeep had to be driven in low gears to negotiate the mid and the muck on the jungle road.Read more