Snapshot of last week

Hola todos! I came back from the Amazons (Leticia and Amacayacu in Colombia) yesterday late afternoon and i have to say the whole thing was one of the most amazing experiences of my life - the grandness of the place, the life and fertility of the jungle, the natives, it was really amazing. we saw dolphins and monkeys and parrots and unfortunately no anacondas or pumas or snakes - only that they are around! We went for walks into the forest (not the jungle yet - we would have had to go very deep to get into the jungle) , climbed up trees up to 35 m high and i was so scared because fo the height and i was shaking and it was especially bad on the way down because at one stage we had to use a flying fox across a large stretch at 30 m height and another time we had to rappel down the rope the whole 35 m. Omg i acted like such a chicken - during this whole time the natives or people who were helping out kept telling me 'tranquilo' meaning relax - so now i know that word! Our english speaking guide was very good and we definitely have to get him when we go back - which i assume you will have to come with next time. It is so amazing. we went swimming in the amazon river with dolphins and piranhas all around us!! very cool. the air was pure and the kids were so cute.

I will write more later. I have to go now but it was wonderful, amazing and grand. Oh I also popped over to Peru and Brazil while I was there :-)

chao for now!