Part I

Now as you can see from a map, the Amazon River flows into the Atlantic, on the east side of the South American continent.

But 15 million years ago, before the slow but violent rise of the Andes Mountains, the river flowed west into the Pacific. Just think the pink dolphins may have been here longer than the Andes Mountains.

The prehistoric whales where the ancestors of the pink dolphins and all other whales…. Dr. Gary Galbreath says … The first fossils were unearthed in places that once were shallow seas but are now dry land, like in Pakistan, Egypt and Texas.
No one was sure what they looked like, because scientist had only pieces of their skeletons.
Each bone was a precious glimpse at an otherwise vanished life.

The ancestors of whales were land mammals, but how a mammal whose ancestors had lived for millions of years on land slowly change into one who lived in the water like a fish….?
For many years, the evolution of whales and dolphins was one of the deepest mysteries of paleontology.
Only recently did scientist find the answer. It is a story so fantastic that if there were no fossils to prove it, no one would believe it.
The time was 50 million years ago. The epoch was the Eocene, the Dawn Age, for it were the beginnings of the Age of Mammals. At that time, there were whales that walked.

It sounds as impossible as dolphins who dance. But that´s the truth whales that walked.

Part II

The ancestors of the pink dolphins…. Going back on time…..

The time was 50 million years ago. The epoch was the Eocene, the Dawn Age, for it were the beginnings of the Age of Mammals. At that time, there were whales that walked.
It sounds as impossible as dolphins who dance.

But it is true and the truth is literally cast in stone in the fossilized remains of whales with legs.
A paleontologist named Hans Thewissen of Northwestern Ohio University was digging for fossils in an area of Pakistan that was full of fossil clams.

It was once a shallow sea, a good place to look for fossil whales. There the paleontologist found the bones of a creature that definitely was an early whale, one who had lived 50 million years ago.
Piece by piece a picture of the ancient whale came together, as Hans Thewissen dug up each bone.

The whale had front legs instead of front flippers. The backbone and ribs showed that the whale was probably about as big as a male sea lion. It may have weighed 660 pounds. But instead of back flippers like a sea lion or a fluked tail like a whale, this early whale still had legs.
At the end of its legs it had feet…!

He was the missing link between the land-dwelling mammal from which whales descended and the oceangoing creatures, whales would become.

But there is a gap in the fossil record, one that lasted 10 million years, until at the end of the next epoch, the Oligocene. The next whale fossils there is are skeletons of a creature who looked much like our pink dolphins today. They have no back legs; they have broad, flippered hands; and they were perfectly adapted to life in the water.

They said that toothed whales are the ancestors of the pink dolphins. Indeed pink dolphins and the Amazon evolved together. Many scientists think that the ancestors of the pink dolphins swam into the Amazon from the Pacific Ocean perhaps 15 million ago.
Before the Andes were born… the Amazon flowed to the Pacific and when all the geological changes began, the Andes started raising different marine fauna got trapped in huge lakes and evolved from marine to fresh waters species.

Scientist believes this was the case of the toothed whales who probably became pink river dolphins in time.

(They said to keep the title short…)

Ever since my mum put Um Bongo – the drink that drives you Congo – into my lunchbox as a kid, it’s been an ambition of mine to visit the jungle. But given the drama of the previous weeks travel (which you’ll be able to read about in a future blog) before we even started thinking about entering the Amazon, some home comforts were in order.

As a result, myself, my girlfriend Tiffany and our newly acquired Kiwi buddy Steve sought out the local gringo hang out, The Yellow Rose of Texas. In a rare fortune of good luck, not only did the owner Gerald Mayeaux serve the most fantastic pancakes, as the former Director of Tourism for Iquitos, his information was invaluable.

In his strong Texan accent, he advised that “y’all speak with Moses now for the best price”. Struggling to understand a single word, he continued on anyway. “He’s the fat one so y’all folk make sure don’t nobody else pretend they’him”. With this nugget of information taken onboard, just about anyway, it’s understandable why all three of us positively shared our doubts, when perhaps the skinniest guy in the whole of Peru introduced himself as Moses.

It took some time but eventually the skinny man conceded that he wasn’t in fact Moses, and, perhaps afraid of losing our business, he did the honorable thing and scampered off to go and find him. After a short while, we were joined by Moses himself. Ok, he wasn’t that thin, but I felt that maybe Gerald (who isn’t the slimmest guy in the world) was maybe being slightly harsh. That, or we still hadn’t got the right man. Either way, after a short discussion a deal was struck and for 490 Soles each, a mere £102 at the time of travel, we would be whizzed off into the jungle for four nights and five days.

With our hard-earned Peruvian Soles changing hands, Moses introduced us to our guide. “Born and raised by his grandmother in the jungle” he informed us, leading us to speculate in true, ignorant gringo fashion. I couldn’t help but picture a Tarzan-esqe figure with an exotic name like Mowgli or Baloo or Shere Khan or some other character from the Jungle Book. Imagine our shock though, when a stocky young lad introduced himself to us as… and wait for it, because Peruvian names do not get more authentic then this… Gary.

If I’m 100% honest, I was slightly disappointed because I couldn’t really imagine Gary in a vest swinging through trees. But my disappointment didn’t last long, oh no. His English was as good as mine, although in fairness to Gary, that isn’t really saying much. Keen to find out how he spoke such good English despite being raised in the jungle, he told us that he paid a friend to teach him “to get with English girls”. Fair play.

We arranged to meet the following day, outside Geralds at 7am and true to form, Gary and co were late. I say late, having now spent almost two months in Peru, I reckon some Peruvians would consider arriving half an hour late, as arriving half an hour early, as Peruvians, and South Americans in general have a tendency to be hours late at a time, in my experience anyway. With the rain spilling down on us, we were given the option of either a moto-taxi or the now infamous collectivo (again, in a blog coming to you soon), we opted for the latter and set off to catch our boat from Nauta, the only town accessible by road from Iquitos.

Disaster struck and half an hour into the journey, I lost the use of both legs. Fortunately, this wasn’t because we had been involved in an accident, but merely because the three of us were packed into the back of the car with zilch space due to all the equipment that we were carrying. What was worrying me though, was the noises that were coming from the car. Luckily in this case, it wasn’t the engine failing and producing the bad noises, it was the likes of Enrique Iglesias and Nina Sky belting out melodies. Luckily? Maybe not, but I honestly think that I would have preferred engine failure. Nobody should have to listen to what we did that day. Sorry Nina, it’s not you, it’s me.

Arriving at Nauta was a relief. We could tell that we were getting closer to the jungle because we drove past a snake in the middle of the road. Keen to get a closer look and if I’m honest, to get out of the car and have a break from the music, I pointed it out to the driver. This turned out to be a mistake because the locals here detest snakes. According to Gary, we later found out that they can be a serious nuisance.

Instead of stopping the car so that we could walk back and have a look, our madman driver opted to reverse back and forth, and back and forth one more time, I think just for effect, killing the snake in the process. Even Samuel L Jackson on a plane would have thought that this was a bit harsh.

By the time that we had arrived at Nauta, it was raining cats and dogs. Personally, I’ve never understood this phrase so trying to explain it to Gary was tough and something I failed at miserably. Arriving at the dock, we filled the boat full of our supplies. Our captain greeted us and vamos: we were on our way to the jungle.

Some three hours later and some serious “boat bum”, a term I like to think I made up; we arrived at the lodge, our home to be for the next four nights.

The lodge was spectacular but instead of describing, I’ll cheat, and just upload a picture because that’s just how I role.

There were already a handful of people at the lodge, including a dead ringer of Charlie from the television show Lost. He was quick to tell us that in his week at the lodge, it had “pissed down with rain” and that they hadn’t seen a single animal, with the exception of a monkey, who they could only hear and not actually see. Great.

But not half an hour later, a tarantula scampered past on the wall. The girls freaked out, so did Steve, (sorry buddy) and I looked on in amazement. I had never seen a wild tarantula and here I was living amongst them now. The tarantula, or a tarantula – it could have been a different one – actually ended up staying nearby for the next two days.

Buzzing from seeing the tarantula, I couldn’t wait to go and explore. Sensing my excitement, Gary rounded up the troops and told us that we’ll go out and search for sloths. Personally, I couldn’t think of anything else I would rather be doing, but I sensed that the rest of the group was just happy to be away with from tarantula.

But before we had even managed to reach the boat, Gary showed his jungle instincts by spotting a snake in a tree about twenty yards away. With that, the other group’s guide for the week jumped into a boat and slowly approached the tree. In what I can only describe as Tarzan fashion, he calmly grabbed the snake and rowed back to the lodge.

Making it back safely, he handed the snake to Gary. This was normal jungle life for these guys – they were used to handling snakes. Gary told us that this was an anaconda and at 2m long, my heart was thumping. “Who wants to hold the anaconda?” he asked. Before I could volunteer Tiffany’s services, she volunteered mine.

Some people think that you shouldn’t interfere with the animals but personally, if no harm is being caused, I can’t see the problem but each to their own. I held the snake for a while, studying it carefully. For such a creepy, slithery animal, it is actually rather beautiful. Tiffany snapped a picture whilst Gary showed us the fresh scars on his hands. “I got bitten by one just like this a month ago” and “when I was young, I got bitten here” showing us the marks on his arm. “Fantastic” I thought, passing the snake to Tiffany.

We had been lucky. Charlie and his crew hadn’t seen a single animal up until the last hour or two of their stay; we had seen two in the first couple of hours.

Oh, and we did eventually go searching for sloths and we saw three. Over the course of the week, we managed to see a wide range of wildlife including iguanas, parrots, and various other animals including pink dolphins – who knew that there were dolphins in the Amazon? I certainly didn’t.

Our lodge only had electricity for half an hour a day and this was used to charge cameras and the like. We had some fantastic battles with the Israelis, fighting over the one plug socket, which we astonishingly won more often then not.

Come evening time, it was pitch black. The candles came out, and so did the cockroaches. I swear I saw a cockroach the size of the foot and honestly, the damn thing scared me more then the tarantula did Steve.

The three candles provided little light and in all honesty, the evening time was slightly boring. All you could do was go to bed and pray that a jaguar didn’t eat in you in the night. I think Gary sensed the boredom and he announced that he had a good idea. Let’s go catch a caiman. Yes, that’s right, Gary, our guide responsible for our wellbeing and safety, wanted to go and catch a caiman.

Gary told us to go and put on a long sleeve shirt but not too worry too much about putting on some trousers because our shorts would be adequate if we sprayed on some bug repellent. Really Gary? Really? No, of course not Gary. Come the end of the boat trip, Tiffany counted 237 bites on my arms and legs so thanks for that Gary. I wish I was exaggerating…

Going back slightly though, because I’ve missed out the middle of the story, myself, Tiffany and Steve hopped into the boat with some assistance from Gary. It was pitch black. You could not see a thing. We did have a flashlight, but we could only use it sparsely because it attracted bugs. It was the sort of activity that you can only really appreciate if you’re there, unless of course you have a video. Which we did.

The reason why we went out in the night was because it’s the only time you can spot them due to the glare that their eyeball gives out. We all felt quite vulnerable, so when Gary told us to hush because he had spotted one, the atmosphere was tense.

Unfortunately, we never caught it on camera, but in the still of the night, Gary crawled to the end of the boat paddling ever so gently and launched himself catching a caiman in his bare scarred hands! He leapt up and beat his chest just like Tarzan would and… ok, he didn’t do that, but it was all true up until “…his bare scarred hand” – we briefly admired the caiman and both myself and Tiffany held him briefly, before safely returning him and returning to the lodge.

On the last day, Gary told us that we were going piranha fishing. What Gary failed to inform me twenty fours earlier, when me and him went for a dip in the water, was about the hundreds of piranhas present. It was bad enough that I was swimming where we released the anaconda, but I figured the snake wouldn’t bite me. Piranhas would. So again, thanks for that Gary.

Gary provided us with the latest in Amazon technology. A piece of flimsy string with a hook attached to a thin strip of bamboo that passed as a rod. Having been on the water for almost an hour and not so much of a bite, Gary attached another bit of bait to the “rod”. It was at this moment when our boat was attacked by two monkeys.

Unbeknown to me, the monkey went for the bait which Gary defended like a trooper, only for me, thinking that I had my first bite of the day, to pull on the rod in comical fashion, almost ripping off Gary finger in the process. Fortunately for me, oh, and Gary of course, he found the funny side of this and even the monkey calmed down a bit. I was so apologetic and felt awful but Gary was laughing his head off.

Perhaps this was the future of Peruvian comedy? Had I found the niche? I mean, Gary was almost toppling our tiny boat with his hysterics. Feeling pretty good about myself being so hilariously funny, he pointed and managed to draw a rare breath “the monkey is…” – he didn’t have to continue, I could feel my leg getting warmer. In all the excitement, one half of the ambushing monkeys had peed on my leg.

Not one for scaring wild ambushing monkeys, I let the hairy beast do his thing. Grasping for a positive out of the situation, I was just grateful that he hadn’t felt the urge for a number two. That would have been embarrassing. In actual fact, in the freezing cold and pouring rain, the monkey wee actually provided some warmth that with the benefit of hindsight, I was grateful for.

Having stolen half our bait, and having stolen some of my dignity in the process, the ambushing monkeys retreated and allowed us to get on with the job at hand – catching piranhas!

Having already caught some of Gary’s finger earlier in the day, I was slightly hesitant every time I got a bite. But Tiffany wasn’t. Shortly after the ambushing monkeys had left us alone, she lifted her rod out of the water and had caught the biggest piranha that I had ever seen in my life!

OK, admittedly, it was the only piranha I had ever seen in my life, and truthfully it was only about 10cm long, but saying it was the biggest piranha I had ever seen in my life made the story just that bit more interesting.

Tiffany was proud. And I was jealous. I couldn’t let this happen, I would never live it down! So when Tiffany pulled another one out of the water not one minute later, I was left mortified! Luckily for me though, in all of her excitement, where she had pulled the rod so hard, oh-er, she flung the piranha from one side of the boat, straight over her head and out over the other side! It’s harsh but the disappointment on her face was a serious Kodak moment, I was in stitches.

But I couldn’t be for long, I had a bite! Quickly checking it wasn’t Gary at the end of my rod, I yanked the rod out of the water only to find the biggest piranha that I had ever seen in my life. It must have been at least 11cm long! Now it was Tiffany’s time to be jealous. Honestly, we’re not normally this competitive, but when it comes to piranha fishing, something just takes over us.

In the end, we caught a total of five. I caught another one and so did Tiffany and Gary. Gary’s one had gone back into the water as bait but the remaining four came back to the lodge. Whilst it is totally irrelevant, I can’t help but add that I caught the biggest and most dangerous, the red bellied piranha.

And I think I’ll leave it on that note.

Let me know what you think.

January 12, 2010
Up in the morning with breakfast at 7:00 AM. We load all of our luggage on top of a bus and head out for the town of Nauta, one hundred kilometers south of Iquitos. It is the only road out-of-town and only goes to Nauta.

We get 30 Kilometers from Nauta and the clutch goes out on the bus. So we wait around and soon another bus comes along which is full. We were told that  it’s OK just load the luggage on the top of the bus and get on. So we did. The bus was ment to carry 24 people and there were 48 of us on the bus. We were told this is typical travel in Peru.

We make it to the dock in Nauta on the Maranon River. We unload the luggage and carry it down a broken down dock to the boat launch where it is loaded on two boats for the trip up the river.

We still didn’t have all of the government permits needed to go to one of the locations in a National Preserve. We wait, use the restroom for one Sole each, and buy our last cold drink at a store. In a couple of hours the permit comes and we are off.

This is a six or seven hour trip up the Maranon River to the Tigre River to the village of  Bello Vista (Beautiful View). About half way we stop at a house to use the rest rooms. The Maranon river is up to a mile wide and moves very fast for a big river. It is jungle on both sides of the river with an occasional village along the bank. The Tigre river is only about one quarter of a mile wide. We were told this is the dry season and the river was at a low-level. During the rainy season the river will rise thirty to thirty-five feet.

But as before, only a half-mile short of our goal, trouble with the boat motor. It seems they forgot the oil for the 2 cycle motor, so we drift over to the shore and tie up to a tree. Now we have to wait for the other boat to unload and come back to give us oil to finish the journey. A couple of Prayers and all is well, we make it to the village and get out gear set up just before dark.

              

We have a little time to start work on the church. The locals have started by building a couple of the trusses. We eat some supper, a chicken wing, rice and fried bananas, then it’s off to bed.

Back where she belongs…

It´s amazing how time flies…

The little princess was not little anymore… she was big, very big, you can’t carry her anymore..!
We started to introduce her back to her habitat little by little, taking her deep in the jungle, letting her find its food. We started with this 5 month ago.

Actually she was very good at it and loved this sense of freedom searching for what she liked most. She was staying in a little village inside the forest, 2 hours from Nauta; Rambo was always around… taking her deeper and deeper in the jungle.

After two months she was moving very freely around. It was starting to be hard to take her back to the village. She just wanted to stay and was getting upset every time Rambo went looking for her and tried to take her back to the village.

One day we decided it was time for her to continue with its life. So we start walking and walking, she moved fast and went deep inside, we didn´t follow this time… we left and started our way back, but stayed not that far away to see if she was coming back… she didn´t….

So we returned to the village… feeling quite strange… different feeling storming my heart… sadness … happiness… one for me… another for her…

The next day we went back, we did the same route they have being doing for the last 3 months… we waited there for 2 to 3 hours… just walking around, slowly to see if we run to her… Rambo walked deeper to see if he can spot her…

She was not around…

We kept doing this for the next week… just to see if she was looking for us… if she has become so used to humans that she need to be around. …She didn´t… it felt good…
We really hope that she can fulfill her life now. An IAAP biologist told us that this was the best way to do so… it has to be done with patience; making it feel the wild again… little by little… it took us 5 months to do so…
Let’s hope she is fine…

We miss her… but she is where she belongs… free in the wild…
This little face is what I cherish in my heart… when I saw her for the first time… its being a wonderful year … being able to help her… perhaps not the best way, but at least a good way…

I am going to tell you a story that happened to me in 2006 when we started to cruise the Amazon.

It was early morning in a beautiful sunny day… it was October 2006… all the guest have left to Puerto Miguel Village. I decided not to join them… it was hot… even though it was very early yet…
I decided to go for a walk.

When the river waters recedes, the Amazon forms long white sandy beaches, you can never imagine something like this will happen. Sand that you can almost think you are in the Caribbean, instead, you are in the Amazon. We usually make an activity to let our guest enjoy this type of experience… beaches that will not be there the next year… walking beaches…you will never find the same again. It changes from year to year… all the time…

I decided to go walking this time. Turquoise skies, calm and fresh waters, the whitest sand you can find… and far the deep green forest. So calm… nothing was moving just a soft breeze that help us cool down… a perfect day… hard to describe. I thought … paradise must feel like this… the sand was in that hard point that was perfect for a bare feet walk.

I kept on walking…after a while I started to be followed… lots of terns flying around… making their cheerful noise… flying making huge circles in the skies… wonderful companions…
I was feeling quit unique, having all of them around…making loud sounds.

I felt like I was having a special magnetism towards them, I was looking around to see why this was happening… It felt so good, so perfect and beautiful… as I told you before; paradise must feel just like this… perfect

Then far away I saw one of our captains running, it was Primo…running towards me… I saw he was waving a towel on top of his head… calling… “Señora”… I felt something on my head, I was wearing a big hat… it was very sunny…I was wondering what was happening… why he looked worried and running …?… it was such a perfect moment… that type of moments in life that you feel blessed… only a smile in your face and a warm feeling in your mind and heart. Another weird thing in my head, a stronger one than before… he was still calling out… I couldn´t hear him…, the terns were very loud at this time… flying around and around, closer and closer… the skies so blue that reflected in the calm waters making it feel as if they were of the same color…

I started to hear him… then; I realized what he was saying… “They are attacking you”…!!! I was looking at him as if he was mad…!!! In that moment I realized what was happening, I was getting closer to the terns nesting place…! That was why they were more and more loud, getting closer and closer to me….!

It was not magnetism…! It was that they were protecting their eggs…! They were actually attacking me…! Protecting their territory…!

This birds are quite lazy, they just lay their eggs on top of the sand, little oval eggs the same color as of the sand… the sun warms them all day… they always fly around to protect them from predators… local villagers comes to the beaches and collect them… too…

I felt so ignorant… I started laughing… just picturing myself… I started walking very fast to get away from that place, I didn´t wanted to disrupt them anymore…! Actually I never wanted to stress them in any way… I felt so bad for them… they were protecting and attacking at the same time…!
I kept on laughing by myself…

The Amazon is Pure Life… anywhere you look… everything is alive… even in this huge beach, were you can´t see anything moving…

A perfect moment became one of the funny story but a good lesson too…

You never stop learning … every day something new

Quite amazing … quite unique

What an adventure today…

I know that I usually start with “what an amazing day” but what can I tell you…! The Amazon keeps amazing me every day…!
We were at Atun Poza, trying to find a place to make a morning hike… actually at this time of the year the river starts flooding every place. We did find a “restinga” a path that usually does not get flooded

After that we went to the small village there… we were looking for “carachamas” a armor fish, a type of cat fish that is consider a delicacy here in the Amazon, carachamas´soup is something you will love to try… so on our way a local fisherman was trying to show us something, so we went to have a look …

It was a huge ANACONDA a beautiful 3 meters anaconda…! This type of boa is not easy to see or to find…! It was stuck in his fishing net about 1 month ago… Jesus, our guide who had worked a lot with snakes, told us that it was a 20 to 25 year’s old female…!

I was in shock, this beautiful specimen trapped in this small wooden cage! We couldn´t allow this! So we decided to convinced the fisherman to allow us release it! That a wonderful boa like this one didn´t deserves to die this way, because she will die sooner than he thought so…!

So our guides convinced him. Well we had to give him some food, a pair of rubber boots, a machete and also money…! Silently… our guest also wanted to help to release it. I know we should not buy animals, but it was an emergency! He knew that we were going to release it… and told him that we will not help him in the future if he starts hunting for endangered species…!

So we took it back to the boat with us! Instead of releasing it there, we decided to release it inside the protected area of the Pacaya River, were she will be safer. We were much exited with the boa on board. Everyone was taking pictures of it…! It was HUGE….! So soft…so pretty…

We took it to a place deep inside the Pacaya River; it was all rolled up in the skiff. Jesus (one of our guides) has put a small canvas bag on its face, so she was not allow to see, but she was able to breathe…in this way, it was safer to transport her with us.

I never expected to be sitting down side by side with, a 25 years old ANACONDA…!

We were all so thrilled about it… They put it in the water.

Immediately it started swimming rolling all its body and hiding under the floating vegetation…!

We kept on looking and after a while she got her face out of the water, looking straight at us… as if saying… thank you … and … goodbye…she took her time… I think everybody felt the same… a nice warm feeling inside each one…

We were all silent… everyone of us was with a huge smile in the face … no body saying nothing yet… after a while she just went down again, just into the bush… few seconds more of silent went by us… after a minute we were all cheering up and making loud sounds…

I really hope that she never gets trapped again in any fishing net… she deserves to continue growing and fulfill a long and natural life…!

Thanks to our entire guest who helped and lived this wonderful experience with us and especially for allowing it the chance to continue with its life…!

Well it’s off to Peru on Sunday, January 10, 2010. Here is what I know about the trip. I will meet a group of Nazarenes from Ohio, in Miami, on Sunday. We all fly from there to Lima in the afternoon. We arrive in Lima in the evening. There we catch a plane to Iquitos. We fly over the Andes to the Northeast of Lima. If you look at Google Earth You will find Iquitos in the northeastern part of Peru, south of Columbia and west of Brazil.

We will arrive there Monday morning and spend the day there. Iquitos is an interesting city in that it has almost a half million people, but there are no roads to the town. All of the people, cars and trucks there must come there by airplane or by boat up the Amazon River.

After spending the night on Monday we will board a Bus, which goes south about three hours to the town of Nauta. There we board a boat, which will go up the Amazon River to the Tigre River. This is about a six-hour trip. From there we will meet with the local Missionary and team up with teams from the area where we will work together to build two churches. This will be like a camping trip with no electricity or running water.

The second place where we are building (Buenos Aires) is actually located within a government preserve where they are protecting the paiche fish and the cayman alligators. It is an area where people can only enter with permission, and few tourists ever get to go there. However, the church people have worked it out so we can take a one-day trip into the reserve area. It should be very interesting.

I am looking foreword to the adventure and pray for a successful and safe trip. All of your prayers will be appreciated.

P. S. Anyone that would be willing to share their mission adventures or experiences in doing Gods work would be welcome. If you have a similar blog send me a link.

Thanks and God Bless

Este año, recibiremos las navidades navegando, generalmente no navegamos porque consideramos que estas fiestas son fiestas familiares y todos deberían estar en sus casas pero por una coyuntura especial y con aprobación de toda la tripulación, decidimos abrir esta fecha para satisfacer pedidos especiales de huéspedes que viajando en familia, querían recibir esta fecha en el Amazonas.

Gracias a la sensibilidad de algunos de nuestros pasajeros, esta navidad vamos a poder tener la suerte de repartir más de 100 juguetes en la comunidad de Atun Poza y Yucuruchi (lugares que siempre visitamos y apoyamos) y 300 polos de piqué.
Hemos decidido hacerlo en estas dos comunidades por ser mas pequeñas, las otras dos comunidades que visitamos son grandes, así que no nos alcanzarían los regalitos. Esperamos el otro año, poder lograr hacerlo y poder satisfacer a todos los niños pequeños que viven en estas.

Estas comunidades, son alejadas, generalmente ayuda no llega a estos lugares tan remotos, aun así, los niños son niños felices, siempre se te acercan con una ingenuidad y sinceridad que la muestran en la grande sonrisa con que te reciben. Ellos están felices y a pesar de sus grandes carencias, son niños felices, tienen lo mas importante, su familia y alimento.
El río provee para todos, todos los días, desde temprano sus padres salen a pescar y recolectar frutos de la selva o de las pequeñas parcelas donde cosechan frutas y frutos de palmeras ricos en carbohidratos. El Amazonas provee para sus habitantes, bendiciéndolos con un río rico en peces y zonas ribereñas donde florecen muchos frutos comestibles. Las familias son numerosas, mínimo 8 niños así que algo que hay es niños que siempre salen en tu búsqueda y te regalan una sonrisa llena de cariño y simpatía. Nos gustaría tanto poder regalar a todos ellos estas navidades, pero bueno poco a poco se va avanzando.

Felices fiestas a todos!

Delfin Amazon Cruises

Thanks you all so much. We have wonderful memories of our time on the Delfin I and our trip to the Amazon.

You can see that we have adopted some table decorating practices from our trip.

The attached photo was taken of our kitchen table.

Meredith and Audrey so enjoy decorating our table (similar to the Delfin) with keepsakes from our trip.

I hope all is well.

Tom

No sé si fue el calor o la calidez de la bienvenida, pero inmediatamente pensé que había elegido bien mi destino, intuí que mi paso por la amazonia a bordo de El Delfín seria una experiencia intensa y llena de aventura y sorpresa. Esa intuición me trajo paz y me entregue a la vida delante de mí. No tarde mucho en dejarme seducir por la belleza a mí alrededor y enamorarme de este paraíso terrenal hasta las lágrimas. Lagrimas de quien se siente maravillosamente abrumada por la naturaleza virgen que nos remece, nos llama la atención a lo verdadero de este mundo, al lugar de donde todos venimos, pero no siempre visitamos, o, dejamos atrás.

Me sentí como pocas otras veces en mi vida, con los pies realmente en la tierra, completa. Fue uno de esos momentos de felicidad plena que van y vienen en la vida, y me sentí privilegiada de sentirla en ese momento y en ese lugar. Todo esto acompañada de la radiante sonrisa de mi hija Lía, sensible a la belleza de todo, las aves, las raíces de los arboles, las formas de las nubes en ese inmenso cielo azul reflejado en las aguas negras del rio. La luz y pureza de su sonrisa fueron grandes regalos, en ese momento, en ese lugar.

It was late afternoon; we were at the mouth of the Dorado River, this dry season is presenting itself early, the river has been receding rapidly so I think this excursion by boat through the waterways will be the last of the wet season. We went through a very narrow stream of shallow waters, we got stuck, so Roque our captain had to jump into the water and push us out while we bounced from one side to the other to help get the boat out.

Finally we got out, and started to cruise up river, the water was almost green with lots of algae which has grown because at this time there is less oxygen in the water. We met up with a troop of squirrel monkeys, they were a large group, actually they ware also accompanied by white capuchin monkeys mixed with the troop. They sometimes travel together; it’s common to see these two species together. We were very concentrated watching this loud group jumping from one tree to another.

Suddenly on the other side of the river we saw an anhinga, it was a male, black with long straight bill and very long slender neck and silvery patches on the upper wing. He was standing very still on a dead tree trunk protruding out of the water; looking intently down at the water very close to the trunk of the tree. Roque told our guide that there must be something in the water; first they thought it might be a caiman, so we approached but as we got closer the anhinga flew away.

Our guide Adonay saw that there was a bird under the water, the only thing that could be seen was a wing with the feathers all spread out. We got very close to see what was going on…..it was also an anhinga; we thought it was diving to catch fish.

Anhinga are similar to cormorant, males are all black whereas the female have a brownish head, neck and breast. Their bills, however, are long and thin with sharp point. They have long tails and very long thin neck. They are great divers and pursue fish under water using their large webbed feet for propulsion.

Usually they are solitary and are known as snake birds because they often swim with bodies submerged and only the long neck and head above the water.

Adonay saw that it was having trouble; it seemed to be stuck under the water and we realized it was actually trapped by fishing net. Seems that it had been struggling for a long time, he got it out and saw that the net was all around its beak and foot. Her long and sharp bill was completely tied with the fishing net; it was not easy to cut it loose. We saw that it was a female, it has a very, very thin and long neck, you can´t imagine how slender…. It’s a much bigger bird than one can imagine just by looking at it. It´s feet were trapped also and after a while working at the net carefully they were able to cut her loose. Looking at it our group wondered if its long neck would break, but luckily for all they put her back into the water and it started to swim again.

It was becoming dark fast as is wont to do in the Amazon but we saw its head one more time as it flew away; we really hope it was ok…. At least we have given it the chance to pursue its life..….we hope its doing fine and well…..a new chance to live….

Muy estimados amigos del Delfin:

Estoy nuevamente sentado en mi escritorio y por momentos me parece estar despertando apenas de un sueño fantástico y propulsor de nuevas visitas a ese fantástico universo que ha establecido la naturaleza pero que no sería apreciado en esa dimensión de no ser por la creatividad y sensibilidad que han puesto tu y tu esposo en ello.

Insisto, al margen de las bellezas particulares con las que Dios ha glorificado esa parte de nuestro país me ha emocionado ver el grado de compromiso con el que valientes empresarios – como ustedes- apuestan por su patria. Para el favorecido viajero es en todo momento manifiesta la búsqueda de la perfección, de hacer las cosas bien, de ser lo mejor, de demostrar que somos y podemos.

Me impresionó mucho la sensibilidad artística en lo que no serían propiamente detalles, sino elementos. En todo componente hay sensibilidad, elegancia, belleza, arte. Llámense, flores, velas, uniformes de la tripulación, adornos de cabina, batas, toallas heladas y perfumadas al potpurrí, decoración de mesas, adornos en cócteles, biblioteca culta y surtida, ausencia de contaminación acústica (música de ascensor, que le llaman) limpieza…y tantas otras cosas que hacen sentir al viajante complacido y mimado, y al peruano orgulloso de lo que también ofrece nuestro país. En resumen, sería como la antítesis de lo que recibes en Cusco y su obligado Macchu Pichu y en ello no me voy a extender porque tu sabes a que me refiero.


Dentro de todas las bondades (que como digo son muchas) y que no he comentado ya, a mi entender destacan: la fenomenal comida (calidad, originalidad, imaginación, riqueza, presentación, temperaturas, porciones, condimentos equilibrados, y un largo etcétera) es como comer todos los días, almuerzo y cena, en el Rafael, Fusión, Malabar o La Gloria.!! Descolló también la amabilidad de los Guías y tripulantes, solícitos, educados, cultos, graciosos. No se queda tampoco atrás la selección de lugares que forman parte del itinerario, desde las comunidades de ordenada visita en donde prevalece la dignidad y amabilidad de sus habitantes (vuelvo a recordar y comparar esas ciudades andinas en donde el acoso es permanente y agresivo no importa la edad ni la condición ni del visitante ni del lugareño y del sempiterno niño que nos persigue acosándonos con el “one dollarsh mistersh “ ) de San Miguel en cambio guardo en la frente la tímida sonrisa de niños que, comprensiblemente esperan la sospechada cajita de crayolas pero que su timidez y dignidad les impide mendigar…¿será que no arrastran siglos de contaminación turística? ¿Será que el bosque generoso en el que viven desde que el mundo es mundo los ha acostumbrado no a pedir sino a conseguir con armonía y paciencia? Muchas cosas mas habría que conmemorar del Delfín como la inteligente y adecuada intensidad de las luces en los diferentes ambientes, o la comodidad de no ocuparse de las maletas desde y hasta el mostrador de la compañía aérea, el no tener que juntar monedas o billetes para repartir propinas a lo largo del día, el poncho en los chubascos,…detalles, sí pero eso marca las diferencias.

No me atrevo a extenderme más no quiero abusar de tu tiempo. Quiero, eso sí, señalar que dentro de esta galaxia de bondades que mencionaba mas arriba resplandeció un astro de incomparables virtudes llamada Chiara. Su inteligencia, sencillez, sensibilidad y belleza nos colmaron. Su presencia lleno el ambiente de alegría y logró “sin querer queriendo” que nuestro viaje pasara de ser estupendo a extraordinario!!

Felicitaciones nuevamente por lo que han logrado. Estoy escribiendo unas líneas que confío que El Comercio acepte publicar pronto refiriendo todo lo positivo que hemos tenido el privilegio de disfrutar.

Con gratitud y admiración,

Álvaro.

March 2009

It’s amazing how times flies, it´s been almost two month since the little princess got here, she is growing, getting stronger and hopefully feeling better, she must have miss her mother a lot, must have not understand nothing at all, but at least she is fine, she is well fed and comfortable…!

She sleeps in a nice and soft cushion, at first she grap Rambo´s blanket and hold on to it. She sleeps like a small ball, all curved and with its long tail she hides her face, I think she likes it to be very dark when she sleeps, she doesn´t like the light when she sleeps… When I wake her up she opens her small eyes and looks at me…!

She is very fond of Rambo, she is with him all the time, I can´t stay in Nauta all the time, I have to go back to Iquitos and Lima also, or cruising… but when I don´t see her I miss her…!

She loves to eat Quaker; with her thin long tongue she drinks her milk & Quaker oatmeal. Little kids around the block love to catch some ants and small worms and bring them to it…! At first she liked to eat them, now, she does not that much, she prefers the milk; mmm… she must have been fed by her mother´s milk… at this age.

I called the local zoo and ask them about how to take care of one baby anteater, they have some, and at that age they fed them with the same…

The sad thing is that she will never will be able to be free again, her mother teaches everything about life in the wild, so now there´s no one to do so, but at least we will try to give her the best life there is to be……at least she is alive, well taken care of and walks freely around our embarkation port… she is not tied up, nor in a cage, and she feels no hunger…

L.

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mulattière,mulattiere, mulattièro,mulattiero, mulatto,mulatto, mulésco,mulesco, muleta,muleta, mulétto,muletto, mulìebre,muliebre, mulinare,mulinare, mulinaro,mulinaro, mulinèllo,mulinello, mulino o molino,mulino_o_molino, Mulino, Il-,mulino_il_, mullàghera,mullaghera, müller thurgau,muller_thurgau, Mùllidi,mullidi, mullite,mullite, mulo,mulo, multa,multa, multànime,multanime, multare,multare, multi-,multi_, multicanale,multicanale, multicàule,multicaule, multicollinearità,multicollinearita, multicolóre,multicolore, multielaborazióne,multielaborazione, multiètnico,multietnico, multifòglio,multifoglio, multifórme,multiforme, multigrade,multigrade, multilaterale,multilaterale, multilateralismo,multilateralismo, multilateralità,multilateralita, multilàtero,multilatero, multilìngue,multilingue, multilinguismo,multilinguismo, multilòquio,multiloquio, multilustre,multilustre, multimediale,multimediale, multìmetro,multimetro, multimiliardàrio,multimiliardario, multimilionàrio,multimilionario, multimodale,multimodale, multinazionale,multinazionale, multìpara,multipara, multiplano,multiplano, multiplazióne,multiplazione, multiplétto,multipletto, multiplèxer,multiplexer, mùltiplo,multiplo, multipolare,multipolare, multipòlo,multipolo, multiprocèssor,multiprocessor, multiprogrammazióne,multiprogrammazione, multiproprietà,multiproprieta, multipunta,multipunta, multirazziale,multirazziale, multisala o multisale,multisala_o_multisale, multisecolare,multisecolare, multiselettóre,multiselettore, multisonante,multisonante, Multitubercolati,multitubercolati, multiuso,multiuso, multìvago,multivago, multivibratóre,multivibratore, multìvolo,multivolo, multivoltinismo,multivoltinismo, multivoltino,multivoltino, mùmmia,mummia, mummificare,mummificare, mummificazióne,mummificazione, mumming,mumming, muna\f3~z\f0~ira,munazira, munda,munda, munda-khmer,munda_khmer, munda-polinesiano o munda-polinesìaco,munda_polinesiano_o_munda_polinesiaco, mundebùrdio,mundeburdio, mùndio,mundio, mundus,mundus, mùngere,mungere, mungitóio,mungitoio, mungitrice,mungitrice, mungitura,mungitura, mungo (zoologia),mungo1, mungo (botanica),mungo2, Mungotictis,mungotictis, municipale,municipale, municipalésco,municipalesco, municipalismo,municipalismo, municipalità,municipalita, municipalizzare,municipalizzare, municipalizzazióne,municipalizzazione, municìpio,municipio, Munida,munida, munificènte,munificente, munificènza,munificenza, munìfico,munifico, munire,munire, munizionaménto,munizionamento, munizionare,munizionare, munizióne,munizione, munizionière,munizioniere, muno,muno, muntàz,muntaz, Muntiacini,muntiacini, mùntjak,muntjak, munto,munto, munus,munus, muóne,muone, muònico,muonico, muònio,muonio, muòvere,muovere, mupo,mupo, muqarnas,muqarnas, mura (marina),mura1, mura (sostantivo popolare),mura2, muràglia,muraglia, muraglióne,muraglione, muraiòla (moneta),muraiola1, muraiòla (botanica),muraiola2, muraiòlo,muraiolo, murale,murale, muralismo,muralismo, muràmico,muramico, muraqqa\f12~!\f0~,muraqqa, murare,murare1 murare2, muràrio,murario, murata,murata, muratóre,muratore, muratoriano,muratoriano, murattismo,murattismo, muratura,muratura, mùrcido,murcido, murèna,murena, Murènidi,murenidi, murétto,muretto, Murex,murex, murgiti,murgiti, Muricàcei,muricacei, muricato,muricato, muricciòlo,muricciolo, mùrice,murice, Murìcidi,muricidi, Mùridi,muridi, murifórme,muriforme, Murini,murini, murino,murino, murmèl,murmel, mùrmure,murmure, muro,muro, murra,murra, Murraya,murraya, murrino,murrino, Musa (botanica),musa_1, Musàcee,musacee, musagète o musàgete,musagete_o_musagete, mu\f3~s\f0~all\f4~a\f0~,musalla, musamma\f3~t\f0~,musammat, musang,musang, musare,musare, musata,musata, Musca,musca, Muscari,muscari, muscarina,muscarina, Muschelkalk,muschelkalk, Muschi,muschi, muschiato,muschiato, mùschio (botanica),muschio1, mùschio (industria),muschio2, musciame o musciamme,musciame_o_musciamme, Muscicàpidi,muscicapidi, Mùscidi,muscidi, muscìpulo,muscipulo, musco,musco, musco fiorito,musco_fiorito, muscolare,muscolare, muscolatura,muscolatura, mùscolo,muscolo, muscolocutàneo,muscolocutaneo, muscolomembranóso,muscolomembranoso, muscolosità,muscolosita, muscolóso,muscoloso, muscóso,muscoso, muscovite,muscovite, musdèa,musdea, musèllo,musello, musèo,museo, museografìa,museografia, museogràfico,museografico, museologìa,museologia, museotècnica,museotecnica, museruòla,museruola, musétta,musetta, musette,musette, musétto,musetto, mùsica,musica, Musica, Musica_generale, Musica_generale_terminologia, classificazioni, musicologia, ecc., Musica_generale_profili musicali di Paesi e aree culturali, Musica_generale_scuole, associazioni, festival e premi, Musica_strumenti musicali, Musica_strumenti musicali_a percussione, Musica_strumenti musicali_a fiato, Musica_strumenti musicali_a corde, Musica_strumenti musicali_ad aria, elettronici, ecc., Musica_la musica antica, Musica_la musica colta in Europa, Musica_la musica colta in Europa_biografie (interpreti, critici, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_il Medioevo (il canto gregoriano, la monodia profana, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_il Cinquecento (il Rinascimento, musica sacra, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_il Seicento (il barocco, opera, oratorio, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_il Settecento (il classicismo, la musica vocale e l’opera, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_l’Ottocento (romanticismo e tardo romanticismo, ecc.), Musica_la musica colta in Europa_la musica contemporanea, Musica_la musica colta nei Paesi extraeuropei, Musica_l’opera lirica, Musica_l’opera lirica_in Italia, Musica_l’opera lirica_in Francia, Musica_l’opera lirica_in Germania e Austria, Musica_l’opera lirica_in altri Paesi, Musica_operetta e commedia musicale, Musica_la musica popolare, Musica_il jazz, Musica_la musica leggera e il rock, musical,musical, musical comedy,musical_comedy, musicale,musicale, musicalità,musicalita, musicante,musicante, musicare,musicare, musicassétta,musicassetta, music-hall,music_hall, musicista,musicista, musico-,musico_, mùsico,musico, musicògrafo,musicografo, musicologìa,musicologia, musicològico,musicologico, musicòlogo,musicologo, musicomanìa,musicomania, musicoterapìa,musicoterapia, musicòmane,musicomane, musivo,musivo, mu\f7~s\f0~k\f4~e\f0~nu,muskenu, musmè,musme, muso,muso, Musofàgidi,musofagidi, musóne,musone, musonerìa,musoneria, mussare,mussare, mùssola,mussola, mussoliniano,mussoliniano, mùssolo,mussolo, mussurana,mussurana, must,must, mustàcchio,mustacchio, mustang,mustang, Mustèlidi,mustelidi, mustiòlo,mustiolo, musulmanésimo o mussulmanésimo,musulmanesimo_o_mussulmanesimo, musulmano o mussulmano,musulmano_o_mussulmano, muta,muta1 muta2, mutàbile,mutabile, mutacismo,mutacismo, mutagènesi,mutagenesi, mutàgeno,mutageno, mutaménto,mutamento, mutande,mutande, mutante,mutante, mutare,mutare, mutarotazióne,mutarotazione, mutatis mutandis,mutatis_mutandis, mutatóre,mutatore, mutazióne,mutazione, mutazionismo,mutazionismo, mutévole,mutevole, mutevolézza,mutevolezza, mùtico,mutico, mutilare,mutilare, mutilato,mutilato, mutilazióne,mutilazione, Mutìllidi,mutillidi, mùtilo,mutilo, mutiny,mutiny, mutismo,mutismo, muto,muto, mùtolo,mutolo, mutóne,mutone, mùtria,mutria, mùtua,mutua, mutuale,mutuale, mutualismo,mutualismo, mutualìstico,mutualistico, mutualità,mutualita, mutuante,mutuante, mutuare,mutuare, mutuatàrio,mutuatario, mutuato,mutuato, mùtulo,mutulo, mùtuo (aggettivo),mutuo1, mùtuo (sostantivo),mutuo2, muwa\f7~ss\f0~a\f3~h\f0~a,muwassaha, mu\f7~z\f0~ik,muzik, mvungismo,mvungismo, Myagawanella,myagawanella, Mycobacterium,mycobacterium, Mycoderma,mycoderma, Mycoplasma,mycoplasma, Mylodon,mylodon, Myocastor,myocastor, Myophoria,myophoria, Myosciurus,myosciurus, Myospalax,myospalax, Myotis,myotis, Myrianida,myrianida, Myrica,myrica, Myricaria,myricaria, Myristica,myristica, Myrmica,myrmica, Myroxylon,myroxylon, Myrtus,myrtus, Mysis,mysis, Mystacina,mystacina, Myxobolus,myxobolus, Myzomela,myzomela, n,nyy, nababbo,nababbo, Nàbidi,nabidi, nabis,nabis, nabla,nabla, nàcchere,nacchere, Nachschlag,nachschlag, nacrite,nacrite, nadìr,nadir, nadirale,nadirale, nadorite,nadorite, naegite,naegite, nafazolina,nafazolina, nafcillina,nafcillina, nafta,nafta, naftacène,naftacene, naftalène,naftalene, naftalina,naftalina, naftenato,naftenato, naftène,naftene, naftènico,naftenico, naftilammina,naftilammina, naftochinóne,naftochinone, naftòlo,naftolo, nagàica,nagaica, nagana,nagana, Nagelfluh,nagelfluh, nagyagite,nagyagite, naharina,naharina, nahcolite,nahcolite, Nahecàridi,nahecaridi, nahuatl,nahuatl, nàia,naia, Naiadàcee,naiadacee, nàibi,naibi, Nàididi,naididi, naïf,naif, nàilon,nailon, naisco,naisco, Naja,naja, Najas,najas, nalidìssico,nalidissico, nalomorfina,nalomorfina, Nana (religione),nana, nanchino,nanchino, Nandina,nandina, nandìnia,nandinia, nandù,nandu, nang,nang, nanismo,nanismo, nanna,nanna, nannocòni,nannoconi, nannoplàncton,nannoplancton, nannùfero o nenùfero o nenùfaro,nannufero_o_nenufero_o_nenufaro, nano-,nano_, nano,nano, nantokite,nantokite, nàos,naos, nàpalm,napalm, napèa,napea, napèllo,napello, napoleóne,napoleone, napoleònico,napoleonico, napoletana,napoletana, napoletanismo,napoletanismo, napoletano,napoletano, nappa,nappa, nappina,nappina, nappo,nappo, Naraoia,naraoia, narbonése,narbonese, narceina,narceina, narcisismo,narcisismo, narcisista,narcisista, narcisìstico,narcisistico, narciso,narciso, narco-,narco_, narcoanàlisi,narcoanalisi, narcoipnòsi,narcoipnosi, narcolessìa,narcolessia, narcomanìa,narcomania, Narcomeduse,narcomeduse, narcòsi,narcosi, narcosina,narcosina, narcosìntesi,narcosintesi, narcoterapìa,narcoterapia, narcoterrorismo,narcoterrorismo, narcòtico,narcotico, narcotina,narcotina, narcotizzare,narcotizzare, narcotrafficante,narcotrafficante, narcotràffico,narcotraffico, nardéto,nardeto, nardo,nardo, nardò,nardo_1, narghilè,narghile, nari,nari, narice,narice, narina,narina, narkom,narkom, narkomat,narkomat, narodniki,narodniki, narrare,narrare, narrativa,narrativa, narrativo,narrativo, narratóre,narratore, narrazióne,narrazione, narsarsukite,narsarsukite, nartèce,nartece, narvalo,narvalo, nasale,nasale, nasalità,nasalita, nasalizzare,nasalizzare, nasalizzazióne,nasalizzazione, nasardo,nasardo, nasata,nasata, nascènte,nascente, nàscere,nascere, nasciménto,nascimento, nàscita,nascita, nascituro,nascituro, nasco,nasco, nascóndere,nascondere, nasconderèlla,nasconderella, nascondiglio,nascondiglio, nascondino,nascondino, nascósi,nascosi, nascósto,nascosto, nasèllo (zoologia),nasello1, nasèllo (meccanica),nasello2, nasétto,nasetto, nashi,nashi, nas\f4~i\f0~b,nasib, nasica,nasica, nasièra,nasiera, nàsion,nasion, naso,naso, nasociliare,nasociliare, nasofaringe,nasofaringe, nasofrontale,nasofrontale, nasogenièno,nasogenieno, nasolabiale,nasolabiale, nasolacrimale,nasolacrimale, nasóne,nasone, nasonite,nasonite, nasopalatino,nasopalatino, nasospinale,nasospinale, nassa,nassa, Nàssidi,nassidi, nastìa,nastia, nàstico,nastico, nastrare,nastrare, nastratura,nastratura, nastrino,nastrino, nastro,nastro, nastrotèca,nastroteca, Nasturtium,nasturtium, nastùrzio,nasturzio, nasuto,nasuto, natale,natale, natalità,natalita, natalìzio,natalizio, natamicina,natamicina, natante,natante, Natanti,natanti, natare,natare, natatòio,natatoio, natatòrio,natatorio, n\f4~a\f0~th,nath, nàtica,natica, Natica,natica_1, Naticàcei,naticacei, natimortalità,natimortalita, natìo,natio, nativism,nativism, nativismo,nativismo, nativista,nativista, natività,nativita, nativo,nativo, nato,nato, nàtola,natola, natrice,natrice, natriemìa,natriemia, natrite,natrite, natro-,natro_, natrojarosite,natrojarosite, natrolite,natrolite, nattè,natte, natura,natura, naturale,naturale, naturalézza,naturalezza, naturalismo,naturalismo, naturalis ratio,naturalis_ratio, naturalista,naturalista, naturalìstico,naturalistico, naturalità,naturalita, naturalizzare,naturalizzare, naturalizzazióne,naturalizzazione, natura mòrta,natura_morta, natura non facit saltus,natura_non_facit_saltus, naturare,naturare, naturismo,naturismo, naturista,naturista, naturìstico,naturistico, nàuco,nauco, naucrarìa,naucraria, naufragare,naufragare, naufràgio,naufragio, nàufrago,naufrago, naultino,naultino, naumachìa,naumachia, naumannite,naumannite, naupliare,naupliare, nauplius,nauplius, nàusea,nausea, nauseabóndo,nauseabondo, nauseare,nauseare, nàuta,nauta, nàutica,nautica, nàutico,nautico, Nautiloidèi,nautiloidei, Nautilus (zoologia),nautilus, nautòfono,nautofono, navaja,navaja, navale,navale, navalèstro,navalestro, navalismo,navalismo, navalmeccànico,navalmeccanico, navarco o navarca,navarco_o_navarca, navarrése,navarrese, navarrino,navarrino, navata,navata, nave,nave, navétta,navetta, navicèlla,navicella, navicèllo,navicello, navicèrt,navicert, navichière o navichièro,navichiere_o_navichiero, navicolare,navicolare, Navicula,navicula, navicularii,navicularii, navigàbile,navigabile, navigabilità,navigabilita, navigare,navigare, navigato,navigato, navigatóre,navigatore, navigatòrio,navigatorio, navigazióne,navigazione, navìglio,naviglio, navimodellismo,navimodellismo, navipèndolo,navipendolo, naviplano,naviplano, navóne,navone, nawab,nawab, nay\f4~a\f0~ pais\f4~a\f0~,naya_paisa, nazarèno,nazareno, nazarèo,nazareo, nazifascismo,nazifascismo, nazifascista,nazifascista, nazificare,nazificare, nazionale,nazionale, nazionalismo,nazionalismo, nazionalista,nazionalista, nazionalìstico,nazionalistico, nazionalità,nazionalita, nazionalitàrio,nazionalitario, nazionalizzare,nazionalizzare, nazionalizzazióne,nazionalizzazione, nazionalsocialismo,nazionalsocialismo, nazionalsocialista,nazionalsocialista, nazionalsocialìstico,nazionalsocialistico, nazióne,nazione, nazireato,nazireato, nazirèo,nazireo, naziskin,naziskin, nazismo e nazista,nazismo_e_nazista, ndràngheta o ‘ndrànghita,ndrangheta_o_ndranghita, ne (particella pronominale e avverbio),ne1, ne (particella pronominale poetica),ne2, ne (preposizione),ne3, né,neyy, ne’,ne_1, neanche,neancheyy, neandertaliano,neandertaliano, neandertalòide,neandertaloide, neànide,neanide, neàntropo o neoàntropo,neantropo_o_neoantropo, neàrtico,neartico, Nebaliàcei,nebaliacei, nébbia,nebbia, nebbiògeno,nebbiogeno, nebbiòlo,nebbiolo, nebbiosità,nebbiosita, nebbióso,nebbioso, nèbel,nebel, Nebraskan,nebraskan, nèbride,nebride, nébula,nebula, nebulare,nebulare, nebularina,nebularina, nebùlio,nebulio, nebulite,nebulite, nebulizzare,nebulizzare, nebulizzato,nebulizzato, nebulizzatóre,nebulizzatore, nebulizzazióne,nebulizzazione, nebulósa,nebulosa, nebulosità,nebulosita, nebulóso,nebuloso, néccio o nìccio,neccio_o_niccio, nécessaire,necessaire, necessàrio,necessario, necèsse,necesse, necessità,necessita, necessitare,necessitare, necessitato,necessitato, neck,neck, Neckera,neckera, necocarpo,necocarpo, necro-,necro_, necrofagìa,necrofagia, necròfago,necrofago, necrofilìa,necrofilia, necròfilo,necrofilo, necrofobìa,necrofobia, necroforèsi,necroforesi, necròforo,necroforo, necrologìa,necrologia, necrològico,necrologico, necrològio,necrologio, necrologista,necrologista, necròpoli,necropoli, necrosato,necrosato, necroscopìa,necroscopia, necroscòpico,necroscopico, necròsi,necrosi, necròtico,necrotico, necrotizzare,necrotizzare, nectocàlice,nectocalice, Nectogale,nectogale, nècton,necton, Nectonematoidèi,nectonematoidei, nectònico,nectonico, Nectria,nectria, Nèctridi,nectridi, neerlandése,neerlandese, nefandézza,nefandezza, nefando,nefando, nefàrio,nefario, nefas,nefas, nefasto,nefasto, nefelina,nefelina, nefelinite,nefelinite, nefèlio,nefelio, nefelometrìa,nefelometria, nefoscòpio,nefoscopio, nefrectomìa,nefrectomia, nefrìdio,nefridio, nefridiopòro,nefridioporo, nefrite (patologia),nefrite1, nefrite (mineralogia),nefrite2, nefrìtico,nefritico, nefro-,nefro_, nefroblastòma,nefroblastoma, nefrocalcinòsi,nefrocalcinosi, nefrocèle,nefrocele, nefrocito,nefrocito, nefrocòlico,nefrocolico, nefrògeno,nefrogeno, 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nestorianésimo,nestorianesimo, nestoriano,nestoriano, ne sutor ultra crepidam,ne_sutor_ultra_crepidam, net,net, nète,nete, netsuke,netsuke, nettadènti,nettadenti, nettapénne,nettapenne, nèttare,nettare, nettare,nettare_1, nettàreo,nettareo, nettarina,nettarina, nettarìnia,nettarinia, Nettarinìidi,nettariniidi, nettàrio,nettario, nettarostègio,nettarostegio, nettézza,nettezza, nétto,netto, nettofrinòide,nettofrinoide, nettuniano,nettuniano, nettùnio (aggettivo),nettunioa1, nettùnio (sostantivo),nettunioa2, nettunismo,nettunismo, nettunista,nettunista, netturbino,netturbino, network,network, nèuma,neuma, neumàtico,neumatico, neurale,neurale, neurammìnico,neuramminico, neuramminidasi,neuramminidasi, neurapòfisi,neurapofisi, neurasse,neurasse, neurectomìa,neurectomia, nèurico,neurico, neurilèmma,neurilemma, neurinòma,neurinoma, neuristóre,neuristore, neurite,neurite, neuro- o nevro-,neuro__o_nevro_, neuroanatomia,neuroanatomia, neurobiotassi,neurobiotassi, neuroblasto,neuroblasto, 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neuropilèma,neuropilema, neuroplègico,neuroplegico, neuropòdio,neuropodio, neuròporo,neuroporo, neuropsichiatrìa,neuropsichiatria, neuropsicologìa,neuropsicologia, neurormone,neurormone, neurorrafìa,neurorrafia, neuroschèletro,neuroscheletro, neuroscienza,neuroscienza, neurosecrezióne,neurosecrezione, neurospasmo,neurospasmo, Neurospora,neurospora, neurotensina,neurotensina, neurotmèsi,neurotmesi, neurotomìa,neurotomia, neurotònico,neurotonico, neurotossicità,neurotossicita, neurotòssico,neurotossico, neurotossina,neurotossina, neurotrasmettitóre,neurotrasmettitore, neurotropismo,neurotropismo, Neuròtteri,neurotteri, neurovegetativo,neurovegetativo, nèurula,neurula, neurulazióne,neurulazione, neuston,neuston, neutrale,neutrale, neutralismo,neutralismo, neutralista,neutralista, neutralità,neutralita, neutralizzante,neutralizzante, neutralizzare,neutralizzare, neutralizzazióne,neutralizzazione, neutrino,neutrino, nèutro,neutro, neutrodina,neutrodina, neutrodiurno,neutrodiurno, neutrofilìa,neutrofilia, neutròfilo,neutrofilo, neutróne,neutrone, neutrònico,neutronico, neutronigrafìa,neutronigrafia, neutropenìa,neutropenia, nevàio,nevaio, nevato,nevato, néve,neve, nevicare,nevicare, nevicata,nevicata, nevicato,nevicato, nevìschio,nevischio, nèvo,nevo, nevosità,nevosita, nevóso,nevoso, nevralgìa,nevralgia, nevràlgico,nevralgico, nevrasse,nevrasse, nevrassite,nevrassite, nevrastenìa,nevrastenia, nevrastènico,nevrastenico, nevrilèmma,nevrilemma, nevrite o neurite,nevrite_o_neurite, nevroglìa o neuroglìa,nevroglia_o_neuroglia, nevròsi o neuròsi,nevrosi_o_neurosi, nevròtico,nevrotico, nevvéro,nevvero, new entry,new_entry, new-look,new_look, news,news, newton,newton, newtoniano,newtoniano, new town,new_town, nexum,nexum, ni (avverbio),ni1, ni (lettera dell’alfabeto greco),ni2, niacina,niacina, niacinammide,niacinammide, nialammide,nialammide, niao wen,niao_wen, niaozi wen,niaozi_wen, niàuli,niauli, nìbbio,nibbio, nibelùngico,nibelungico, nicalloy,nicalloy, Nicandra,nicandra, nicaraguégno,nicaraguegno, nicaraguénse,nicaraguense, nìcchia,nicchia, nicchiare,nicchiare, nìcchio,nicchio, Niccodèmi, Dàrio,niccodemi_dario, niccolite,niccolite, nicèno,niceno, nicèno-costantinopolitano, sìmbolo-,niceno_costantinopolitano_simbolo_, nicetammide,nicetammide, nìchel,nichel, nichelare,nichelare, nìchel-argènto,nichel_argento, nichelatura,nichelatura, nichelcròmo,nichelcromo, nichelin,nichelin, nichelino,nichelino, nìchel-Raney,nichel_raney, nichilismo,nichilismo, nichilista,nichilista, nickelodeon,nickelodeon, niclosammide,niclosammide, nicolaiti,nicolaiti, Nicotiana,nicotiana, nicotina,nicotina, nicotinammide,nicotinammide, nicotìnico,nicotinico, nicròmo,nicromo, Nictaginàcee,nictaginacee, nictàlope,nictalope, nictalopìa,nictalopia, nictemerale,nictemerale, nictinastìa,nictinastia, nicto- o nitto-,nicto__o_nitto_, nictùria,nicturia, nidamentale,nidamentale, nidaménto,nidamento, nidiace,nidiace, nidiàndolo,nidiandolo, nidiata,nidiata, 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nociuto,nociuto, nocivo,nocivo, Noctiluca,noctiluca, nocuménto,nocumento, nodale,nodale, nodèllo,nodello,

January 2009

I was looking at the river, just standing still, and then, a small canoe pass bye, they were a family, the father was paddling on the front, the mother at the back, doing the same, in the middle, three small children, two boys and one girl, one of the boys had a small wooden box in his lap.

They came near me and show me something inside the wooden box, I saw and didn´t really realized what was it, then I saw that was a small animal, all I can see was a slim long nose, I was very surprised, they took him out, it was a small anteater, really little…..just a baby

They have hunted the mother and kill it, they ate her….. I really was in shock, I felt so bad for the little baby, I took her and hold her tide to me. She was scared, she try to grap me tide, so I hold her tight, I could feel how she was breading, I was feeling so sorry for this little baby….wondering how scared she must be, (now I talk of it as her, because I know now that is a she)…

This new story begins…. What is the best for her.?….what would she eat.…. Who was going to show her how life is.?…
Rambo, one of the guards of our embarkation port, is now the one in charge of this little baby, he is very good with animals, kind and know all about them, but just for instinct, he has lived in the jungle almost all his life… so the first thing we did is bought some milk, she was just a baby…!

I kept holding her the rest of the day, let me tell you, it was kind of hot holding to it all day, but she was so beautiful…. So small, when I put it in the floor she cried…. Yes cried and followed us and wanted to crawl up our legs…! I couldn´t hear her cry, her little mouth on the end of her long and slim nose open and cried…. It was so indigence, so lonely …. But not anymore, we will try to make this place her home and try to make her happy while knowing more about all the needs of this beautiful little (for now) animal……

It has been a wonderful trip….!

Actually all are, but his time we have had the visit of two great kids…! Jason & Kyle, they came with their parents and grandmother who came all the way from Miami. They were so enthusiast and active…..and always asking for more…..

They enjoyed everything….the boat, the food, the guides even our safety guard patrol …!

Yes. this last week we have had the company of effectives of Special Forces of the Navy. They were making a special intelligence investigation and escorted us in this program. We provided them with oil, food and a resting place.

They did their investigation very discreetly but became very good friends of Jason & Kyle who went to their patrol for a ride.

They were most successful fishing, especially Jason….! He couldn´t wait to do more …! He also enjoyed very much eating them…! He has them boiled, instead of broiled…. Mistake of understanding with the chef…! But have it in all ways….!

Kyle kept active all the crew… they enjoyed very much spending time with him, always asking something new… He wanted to cut his own piranhas….! They wanted all the jaws…. Actually they took back home lots of them…. The cooks were busy always cleaning piranha jaws for them..!

We were so glad of meeting them all and especially because we had lots of fun, Kyle actually was my swimming partner…. He jumped from the skiff any place into the river…! It was very hot so the river was always a refreshing treat….!

Thank you so much for visiting us Jason, Kyle, Clifford, Janet and Rusty…..!

Una experiencia MARAVILLOSA es navegar en el Rio Amazonas y sus afluentes, cabe resaltar, no solo la belleza del lugar, que desde ya sabemos que está a punto de ser considerada una de las 7 maravillas naturales del mundo! Navegar por el Amazonas a bordo del crucero el Delfín II, es indescriptible, desde la llegada a la ciudad de Iquitos, una persona del Delfín II nos recibe cariñosamente y nos transmite desde ya la atención personificada que este crucero nos brindará en adelante, desde ahí, nuestro sueño se vuelve realidad.

Subimos a un bus, muy bien equipado, todo enchapado en madera, asientos confortable, aíre acondicionado y servicio de primera, los guías que nos acompañan en este trayecto hasta la ciudad de Nauta, a 95 kilómetros de Iquitos, nos hacen sentir desde ya que lo que viene será una gran experiencia.

Llegamos a la ciudad de Nauta, y bajamos al embarcadero (sala VIP) en el cual nos espera un refresco hecho de alguno de los tantos frutos que la Amazonía nos ofrece, la decoración es maravillosa, los detalles en cada rincón de este lindo salón reflejan el gusto en la decoración, se siente en cada uno de las personas que nos atienden el cariño y la amabilidad que nos acompañan a lo largo de esta estadía.

Luego abordamos unos botes auxiliares en medio de la noche, equipados con los chalecos y seguridades del caso, llegando al crucero Delfín II, impresionante, el espectáculo en medio de tanta belleza.


Al abordar el Delfín II, me sentí que me transportaba a un cuento, pero no, es la realidad.

Empezamos, esta experiencia, tan gratificante, me enriquecí no solo con la vista si no también el conocimiento, los guías tan versados nos hicieron conocer no solo las historias y costumbres de cada lugar si no del calor humano en que este grupo de personas que conforman la tripulación nos brindan día a día.

Cada lugar en esta embarcación, tiene un detalle, en cuanto la decoración de sus salones, comedor, habitaciones etc., todo hecho en nuestra Amazonía, eso nos hace pensar que tanto Aldo y Lissy dan trabajo a las comunidades y por lo cual nos damos cuenta que realmente, hacen un trabajo arduo y en constante preocupación por hacer sentir a cada huésped, como si fuera el único.

La gastronomía es muy variada. Conocí muchos platos elaborados no solo como una linda presentación si no como un majar, quizás muchos de los huéspedes nunca habíamos probado, pescados, frutos etc. de nuestra gran selva Amazónica

Las excursiones programadas, están muy bien pensadas, los lugares a visitar, son diferentes, llegar a la RESERVA DEL PACAYA SAMIRIA es alucinante, vimos variedades en aves, lagartos, peces plantas, delfines rosados, unos paisajes ESPECTACULARES, realmente nuestra Amazonía es mágica!

No dejen de visitar nuestra Amazonía, y si lo hacen, no duden en elegir al Delfín I ó II. Se sentirán como Reyes!!!

Los felicito. Que orgullosos nos debemos sentir los PERUANOS de tener tantas Maravillas!!!!!!!!!!! y de tener personas que ponen tanto empeño en hacer las cosas bien.

Giannina

…And It has been one of the most extraordinary travel experiences I’ve ever had. The boat – and even the special dock you part from- is exquisite, like a five star Fitzcarraldo.

Everything is made from amazon woods and every detail is beautifully taken care of. It is very different from one of those multitude cruises.

On board the Dolphin you have around 28 people and plenty of private space to read and watch the Amazon River and every detail of the tropical rainforest. The crew on board is very well prepared, and charming.

The rooms are lovely. The food is first class level exotic with fruits and products of the Amazon you never knew existed- even if you’re the kind of person that’s more into eating than traveling, it is well worth the stay: splendid buffet breakfasts with wonderful fruits, and amazing meals with fresh amazon fish ceviches and a very creative amazonian interpretation of modern peruvian cuisine.

Every day you have two trips on smaller boats that let you come closer to the shore and take a close look at the animals and the beautiful vegetation, amazing trees and flowers are home to an overwhelming amount of monkeys, eagles, cranes, hawks, parrots, and of course the river is filled with life: alligators, piranhas, and the wonderful pink dolphins.

Taking a dip in the Pacaya Samiria reserve with these amazing animals y certainly an experience one does not forget.

Like a piece of Eden, beautiful and pure, the Amazon has many untouched places that make you feel like at the beginning of the world, crowded with rainbows.

Ximena Labra.

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New 7 natural Wonders… !

We are all so trilled because the Amazon Rainforest has been nominated as one of the 28 sites that will continue in this quest of being nominated to one of the 7 New Natural Wonders.

We know the world is full of beautiful places, stunning sites, surprising natural heritage, but something very important also is… Awareness of it… how we want this natural wonders to be known and seen… How we want them to be preserved to the future… How we want them to be seen in 50 and 100 years from now… as they are today?… Or better. we need this to be known, we need to understand that we people are the only one who can make the difference… let´s all get involved, a little if we can… A lot if we can also…

Bernard Weber, a Swiss-born Canadian filmmaker, author and adventurer, wanted to contribute to the protection of the world’s manmade and natural heritage. This led him to the formation of the New 7 Wonder Foundation in 2001. The Foundation contributes to the protection and raising the awareness of cultural & natural diversity on our planet.

An expert panel has just nominated 28 sites including the Amazon Rainforest, the Grand Canyon, de Dead Sea, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the Galapagos Islands, the Kilimanjaro, the Matterhorn, Angel Waterfall, Sundarbans delta at the mouth of the Ganges River, among others by the votes all of us once did… now is time again to continue this quest to find the finalists sites…

Please vote, vote for the ones you think are the most stunning, but first think also which of them requires more attention to be preserved, actually all of them need that, but which of them brings more benefits for the entire world… think about the importance of the Amazon.

The Amazon rainforest is the most diverse terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. Despite covering only approximately 6% of the Earth’s surface, it is home to more varieties of plants and animals than any other place on Earth. This astounding level of biodiversity has already shaped the course of human history in a variety of ways, such as providing the first cure for malaria, and the first source of rubber, which helped fuel the industrial revolution. Yet only a small fraction of the species in the Amazon has been examined for their potential benefits to humankind.

Sites are stunning…time has stood still… fables interact with reality… It’s so full of mysterious things that makes your dreams fly away… is a place that you have to experience at its best…

You can help the Amazon Rainforest to become as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature just by giving a click on the following link below:

http://www.vote7.com/n7w

Thank you very much!

The Amazon Rainforest: The Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia, the Amazon jungle or the Amazon Basin, encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), though the forest itself occupies some 5.5 million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres), located within nine nations. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined. It accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total world river flow and has the biggest drainage basin on the planet. Not a single bridge crosses the Amazon.

Este bello barco navega por los afluentes del Amazonas rumbo a la reserva natural de Pacaya Samiria, sublime, conmovedora, con “ríos espejo”, delfines rosados, también los grises, testigos de la antigua presencia del mar (hace millones de años, claro está) en la cautivante Amazonía. La reserva alberga más de 500 especies de aves, monos de todo tipo, lagartos, bromelias, orquídeas, árboles espectaculares. El Delfín II es una prueba contundente de que en el Perú hay espacio (desaprovechado) para un turismo triple A que compite perfectamente con el llamado turismo de lujo que existe en muchos países con buenísimos resultados.

Quien esto escribe algún recorrido viajero tiene y es —aunque a muchos les moleste— una crítica de buena fe. Sería mezquino no contar lo espectacular de esta propuesta turística. Imagine un barco tipo Mississippi decorado con un buen gusto pocas veces visto en la hotelería nacional. Elude el cemento, la mole cinco estrellas, pero cuenta con todas las comodidades y más. Rescata la madera y los elementos de la zona, y los convierte en lujo sin caer en la pompa ni en el exceso. Cada detalle está cuidado y los inmensos ventanales de las habitaciones (con el detestable pero necesario aire acondicionado, y fresquísimas sábanas de algodón pima) brindan al viajero la sensación de ser dueño de la Amazonía.

El embarcadero, en la ciudad de Nauta, es digno de un premio de arquitectura. Una inmensa y ventilada “maloca” (cabaña redonda de la selva) derrocha estética y belleza; ahí el turista sabe que entró en un circuito mágico. Aldo y Lissy Machiavello invirtieron en este proyecto lo que tenían y no tenían. Arriesgaron todo y apostaron por esta maravilla. Interactúan con las comunidades de la zona y dan trabajo a más de cuarenta simpáticos y relajados loretanos, sin contar con quienes participaron en la construcción de la nave, hecha en Nauta, la ciudad que demoró cerca de 15 años en tener una carretera que la uniera con Iquitos (se robaban la plata).

La cocina del Delfín II usa los exóticos y variadísimos productos de la zona, con lo que se adhieren a la gastronomía regional y señalan nuevas posibilidades. La decoración de la mesa, diferente en el desayuno, el almuerzo y la cena, es tan impactante que algunos turistas quieren comprarla para llevársela. Si suma los fastos del barco y la genuina gentileza del personal y de los versados guías a la singular naturaleza que lo rodea, la felicidad es redonda. Y así como Lago Lindo en Tarapoto, este se convierte en un destino alternativo al majestuoso Machu Picchu.

Fuente: Diario El Comercio – Perú

La Dirección Regional de Transportes y Comunicaciones del Gobierno Regional de Loreto, el último fin de semana, realizó dos operativos nocturnos dentro del Plan “Tolerancia Cero”, en el kilómetro 3.5 de la carretera Iquitos/Nauta, donde se intervinieron a 70 vehículos, aproximadamente, resultando algunos conductores sancionados, por no contar con el correspondiente permiso de operación para transporte público, por circular sin luces delanteras ni posteriores, por circular con lunas polarizadas sin el correspondiente permiso y por exceder en el límite máximo de pasajeros. El Director Regional de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Manuel Luna, dijo que estos operativos van a continuar realizándose frecuentemente.

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