The last stop of my three week Peruvian adventure was the Tambopata Rainforest area off the Amazon. After boarding a short flight from Cuzco to Puerto Maldonado, the 11 of us on a GAP Adventures tour, took a motorized canoe to our lodge.
The Lodge was much nicer than I expected!
While my roommate and I were checking out our room at the Lodge, she discovered a frog in the bathroom and kinda freaked out.
She informed the front desk, so while we were on a short hike through the jungle, they caught the beast!
One of the walls in the bedroom is open to the jungle…you could hear all of the neat jungle sounds lying in bed. The next morning my roommate said she didn’t sleep all night due to fear. So the second night there, I gave her one of my pills for sleeping (I have a sleep disorder) and she slept like a baby!
The next day, a few of us stayed behind at the Lodge and played games while most of the group went hiking. I’m glad we did because we had so much fun swinging one another from a hammock bolted into the ceiling. It got quite rough. We would wrap ourselves as if in a cocoon and swing each other wildly…almost touching the ceiling. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time and the bonus…no one got hurt!
Heading back home…
The Tambopata Rainforest in the Amazon is a real jungle!
Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Wow, that lodge looks amazing! (Minus the frog. I probably would have freaked out like your roommate!)
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I’ve heard mixed reviews on the jungle. Would you recommend it?
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We didn’t see much when we were there…I guess it depends on where and when you go. I love to hike…so I’m always up for that.
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I suppose that’s just like any place you go to…location and timing can make all the difference.
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I wouldn’t have been afraid of the frog, but not so sure about the other things that might come in through the open wall! Were mosquitos bad?
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No they surprisingly weren’t!
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Beautiful place.
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Thank you…it was beautiful!
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i miss travel
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I hope you get to hit the road soon!
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the end of the year i’ll go for another adventure
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That’s great!
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What was in that banana (?) leaf ? Rice, or maggots?
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It was rice and really yummy!
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Whew! So glad.
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Oh my gosh, you are in the middle of the jungle, eating food wrapped in giant plant leaves (which looked beautiful by the way) and she was worried about a frog in the bathroom?? Ha, it must have been a bruiser!! Great post – beautiful!!
elisa
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Nah…she was just a little wimpy. Thanks Elisa!
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that place was a luxury compared with where I stayed in the jungle and I had to shower with two bats LOL I wonder what your roommate would have said!!!
thing is, it`s the jungle!!! everything can happen !!!
See you in Thailand!
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I know…she was a bit spoiled…not to sound negative!
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a good thing you had your sleeping pills with you!!
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Hi,
I don’t blame your roommate for being a bit afraid, I’d be worried something would either jump on the bed or even a spider or something get under the covers. 😆
The Lodge looked rather nice actually, and not a bad looking bathroom either, I was very surprised they had a modern toilet, not something I would expect in the Jungle.
It certainly was a wonderful holiday, with no doubt a lot of fabulous memory’s. 😀
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I know…some of the places I would stay at with GAP weren’t that nice…they were OK, but then others were really nice…like this one.
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Reblogged this on TRUnique News & Matters and commented:
not only inspirational but gotta say, I wanna visit! The last picture is amazing!
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Thanks Vina! I really appreciate it!
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😀
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I agree, that is absolutely breathtaking!
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Thanks Anne!
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