The South American Odyssey

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Casa Sandoval
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We reached the Casa Sandoval by 12:40 am. Its one of the 4 lodges on the the Sandoval lake. Despite wearing the rain gear, we were completely soaked due to the rain. We changed into some dry clothes and came over to the dining area for some food.
In the area around the lodge, we spotted the Brown Titty Monkey and the Brown Aguti (a rabbit size guinea pig).Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Cosy bed room & Infact nicely kept lodge in deep jungles
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Lunch at Casa Sandoval
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I tried the fruit of the palm. It doesn't taste all that good, had a thin but crackling outer shell (much like an egg shell) and a huge seed. So, basically not much gain for a lot of effort to eat it.
Around 1 pm, we had our lunch. It was a quinoa salad with egg, lentils, rice and salad.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore More like Indian Litchi .
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Evening boat ride
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
At 3:30 pm, it was still raining heavily but we still decided to go for a ride. It was nice and warm so I went with my swimming shorts and water shoes. We
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Flowers of Passion Fruit vine
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We floated around in our canoe along the shore of the Sandoval lake. It was nice and quiet with the only sounds coming from the birds and animals in the vacinity. It was quite warm and still raining. We saw flowers of the Passion Fruit plant. We saw Black Caymans and lots of Quatzels along the shore.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Amazing beauty.
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Views around Sandoval Lake
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
On some of the high trees, we spotted the Red Cappuchin Monkeys. They were making a peculiar sound and calling to each other. Jorge explained that its normally the juveniles that make that sound when they feel lonely. It sounded more like a bird call rather than a monkey call.
As we slowly glided around we listened to the sounds of the animals and exchanged a lot of stories about birds and animals and their unique habits etc.
We even heard the call of the Tree Frog, it almost was like the sound of a barking dog.Leggi altro
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Squirrel Monkeys and the Heron
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Around 5:50,it was starting to get a bit dark. We saw some Squirrel monkeys on some of the trees near the shore. We also spotted a heron and a cayman.
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The Nymphs
6 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
It was almost 6:30 pm, it was dark by now. The rain had also stopped. The air above was cooler than the water of the lake, so there were wisps of steam rising over the lake. It was magical. We could see the fog thus produced in the torchlight Jorge was using.
Then he showed us the phenomenon with the Nymphs. These are small flying insects the size of a wasp. The eggs are laid under the water where a caterpillar forms from them. It then converts into a pupae. Then, if it had been a humid afternoon like it had been today, then these flies rise to the surface and fly up. Their sole goal in life is to mate before they die in about 12 hours. They don't eat anything and try and reach as high as they can as the ones highest get to mate. The word nymphomaniac comes from here.
They are very attracted to light, so whem Jorge was pointing the torch in the air, they would start flying towards the torch like a kamikaze pilots. Soon, there was a sea of nymphs all around Jorge.Leggi altro
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Morning canoe ride (Sandoval Lake)
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We woke up at 5 am and were on the canoe by 5:30 am. The rain had stopped finally after almost 36 hours so we could carry the cameras with the zoom. The sky was still cloudy and a bit overcast. It was nice and quiet with only the rhythmic sound of the oar going through the water propelling us forward.
Earlier in the morning, about 4 am or so, I had woken up to the sound of what sounded like someone whistling a 3 note song. Jorge told, it was the song of the bird called Aye Aye Mama. It very rare to hear it even in the Amazonas. The legend behind the story was that there were some kids who didn't listen to their parents and went deep into the forest. They were lost and as it started getting dark, they started crying. The spirit of the Amazon appeared and asked them why they were crying. They told that they were lost and wanted to go back to the family. The spirit told that they had been bad kids since they had not listened to their parents so they will have to remain in the forest as birds but they were free to fly back to their families but they will have to return to the jungle to live. It is this bird that makes that sound.
On the boat ride, we saw some beautiful red flowers.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Nature, you are endless,most enchanting......
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Flora and Fauna Sandoval Lake
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The area of the Sandoval lake is very rich in plant and animal life. We saw many birds and flowers during the early part of ride.
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Bats and Squirrel Monkeys
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Previous evening, we had seen a lot of bats flying in the air and swooping down and eating the nymphs that had fallen into the water. Now, during the day, they were hanging upside down on the trunk of somr of the palm trees. We also Cormorants and Anhingas (a bird from the cormorant family).
We also saw a group of Squirrel Monkeys eating palm tree fruits. We stopped there for about 10 min watching and observing their antics.Leggi altro
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Anhingas and Hoatzel
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We saw more of the Hoatzels along the shore of the lake. A lot of them had their wings spread out for drying. We also saw many Anhingas fishing in the lake.
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Viaggiatore Excellent photo. (National Geography standards)👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
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Giant River Otters & Red Howler Monkeys
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
A bit further along the coast, we came across some giant river otters fishing in the lake. The quiet of the jungle was broken by a loud rumbling sounds like those of big commercial airplane taking off. This was the call of the Red Howler Monkeys. We saw them a bit further in the trees.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Are they not threat to humans?
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The Craze for Travelling No, they normally don't interact with humans
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Back to the lodge
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We saw a pair of Long billed woodcreeper feeding their chicks inside the hollow of a palm tree. We turned back towards the lodge and were back by about 8 am.
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Viaggiatore Ochre colouredd shirt + rosary ............baba ji Ki Jai Ho......
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Viaggiatore Looks like dates on the tree?
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The Craze for Travelling These are palm fruits. Not very tasty and very little flesh inside
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Start of the journey back from Sandoval
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After the morning expedition, we returned to the lodge at about 8:15 am. We were quite hungry but the breakfast was ready. After the breakfast, we relaxed a while before leaving the lodge for the final time at about 11 am. We took the canoe back to the canal into the Sandoval lake.Leggi altro
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Back on the mud track to Rio Madre
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After the canoe ride, it was the 2 kms trek back on the mud road. Due to the humidity, there were many beautiful butterflies on the way. The road was still all muck and water but better than when we had arrived in pouring rain. We also saw some Squirrel monkeys on the way.Leggi altro
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Back to Porto Maldonado
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
By about 12:15 pm, we were back at the port on Rio Madre de Dios. Our board was waiting there to take us back to Porto Maldonado. The journey took us about 45 min.
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Catching up on the calories
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Back at Puerto Maldonado, we rearranged our bags. The laundry was also done, so we changed into some dry clothes and went out looking for some food and drinks..... and ice creams.
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Viaggiatore The happiness on your faces is really very pleasing,the teeth & eyes reflect the quantum.
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Viaggiatore 👁👁. 👅👅. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Bridge on Rio Madre de Dios
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
After a relaxed lunch and some ice creams we still had 4 hours to kill before our night bus to Cusco, so we walked along the Rio Madre de Dios one of the bigger tributaries of the Amazon.
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Viaggiatore Oh a three wheeler.
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Evening at Puerto Maldonado
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We spent the evening walking around the tiny village. I bought a cough syrup for the dry cough I'd been having for a few days and Hristo bought his Tequila in one of the bars and then we did a cheers to having survived the amazon again 😁Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Addicts.....
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Puerto Maldonado harbor
7 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We spent some time on the Puerto Maldonado harbor where they have built a memorial for the marines that have participated in wars from this area.
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Viaggiatore Seems you had clouds coming very soon between the two clicks.
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Off to Cusco
8 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
In the evening our tour operator dropped us off to the bus station. We took our Cruz del Sur us for the journey back to Cusco. The buses have a personal entertainment system so we watched some movies before sleeping off. In the morning around 8 am, we reached Cusco.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore This bus does not have the flavour of North American standards,looks more sophisticated.
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Relaxed day in Cusco
8 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We checked into our hostel (Barro Inka) at around 10 am and then spent the morning freshening up, repacking the bags and also trying to plan what all to do in the coming days.
In the afternoon, we went to the city center to compare the tour prices at the different tour operators. We also had our lunch there.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Not a room,it is a cell.Morning walk must be with a water bottle?
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Viaggiatore Are these three worshipping dens like we have mini temples in the wall in India.?
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha
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The Craze for Travelling No, its just a decorated house
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Cusco city center
8 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After going through the different tour options with about 10-15 different operators, we managed to book the tour of the Moray-Maras-Salineras and the Sacred Valley but we still couldn't book the Rainbow mountain tour. There were so many combinations of tours on offer that it was hard to decide what route and what price would be appropriate.
After the bookings, we went to the city center to take some pictures. Then, it was dinner time and then back to the hostel to sleep.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore The floors seem to be very smooth & shining ,must be slippery also?
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The Craze for Travelling No it was just the light shining on it.
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Chinchero textile techniques
9 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
At the artisan center, we got a demonstration of the full process that goes into the making of the textile.

First, they use the root of a plant called Sakhta. This plant is also called the Inca shampoo since it was used on the hair as well to clean and to keep it black.
The root is grated and then added to luke warm water. This mixture is then stirred to get a foam.

Then the wool from the alpaca or the sheep is washed in this mixture.

After the cleaning, the wool is spun into a yarn by a single spinning wheel.

After this, comes the dyeing of the yarn with different colors. Only naturally available sources were used for the colors and the binding agents.
Leaves of Chilka plant for green color plus copper sulphate from the volcanoes as the binding agent.
Spanish moss for red color.
Three corner plant twigs for blue color. This is a medicinal plant as well that can be uses for liver and kidney ailments.
Chicha morada (purple corn) for purple color. Only the husk is used for the coloring. Kids' urine is used as the binding agent.
Cochin, a white parasite on the cactus become maroon when crushed in the hand with a little water. With lime, the color becomes orange. This is used for tattoos and as a lip color.
Koli flowers are used for the yellow color.

Each has a separate binding agent and different quantity of water and different amount of time for heating, for preparing the dyes.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Great,we get so deep colours from natural plants etc. . A great or accidental finding of the use of urine of a child 😇😇
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The weaving
9 novembre 2017, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After preparing the dyes and dyeing the yarn, the next step is to weave. For this, a primitive form of a hand loom is used. Different patterns and icons that are relevant to the Inca like are woven into the cloth.
After the weaving, the cloth is wahed and is ready to be used.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Really very deep, dark & beautiful organic colours
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