Day 13

First thing I need to mention is while I was caught up in almost dying on top of a mountain I failed to mention that I went white water rafting on the rio Apurimac in Cuzco. It was amazing. Class 3 so not to bitchin but still the most fun I have had so far. No where near as cool as the Pacuare in Costa Rica but then again that was class 4+ to 5. Now to what has happened recently.... We sucessfully made it back to Lima then to Iquitos where we are now located. We leave tomorrow for Leticia, Colombia. So far we have seen the result of many many poaching endevors. There are Jaguar skulls, skins, and teeth virtually everywhere. Not to mention turtle shells and snake skins. It´s pretty sick and for some reason there doesn´t seem to be any enforcement upon national laws.
Yesterday we went up a river a few miles to a butterfly farm. It was alot of fun. Although we only saw about 10 butterflies they had a plethora of monkeys which were very playful and friendly. They also had a manatee, a caiman, a giant jungle rat, a friendly tapir, a couple of sloths, a giant ant eater, and a jaguar that is up for adoption. I got some good pics and videos which I will put up sometime. After that on our way back we stopped at this spot where there was a hut. When we entered the hut there was a group of ¨Natives¨ however true this is we are not sure. They were all topless and tried to get us to stay and watch them dance in which we would all have to pay and buy their trinkets. This wasn´t part of the plan so we left very shortly. After this we went to the ¨Reptile¨farm. This was a joke. They had about 4 anacondas which were obviously drugged. Aside from one other boa and 2 tortises this was it for reptiles. They had some sick looking sloths, a capybara, a couple baby gators, and some tied up monkeys. It was kinda sad but the monkeys were still quite playful.
Tomorrow we will be out of here on a fast boat for 12 hours to Colombia. Until then, Ciao!