No Fixed Plans

The second offical day of the tour was spent with 6 hours of travelling to Tena, were we were doing a homestay in the Amazon. We finally got there at 2pm (after leaving at 8am) where we had lunch, quickly put our bags away and then proceeded for this nature walk. During this walk, we all started getting these mud masks on our faces, where at the end we were interrupted due rain starting to pour. 

After drying off, showering and changing, we all went down to dinner, which was broccoli soup, fish that we deboned while eating, and plantain. After that, most stayed to play cards while a few of us ended off to do our night routines. 

The third day of the tour started early due to us doing a waterfall walk. Breakfast was scrambled eggs, mushed banana mixed with stuff that we couldn’t quite figure out (but was still alright), and a piece of pineapple. 

We then got a history lesson where we got shown different talag symbols and had the meaning explained to us. 

We then started our waterfall walk, which took about 3 hours as there was three waterfalls to climb up, just using rope to help pull us. They kept getting harder and harder as we kept going. We ended up at this waterfall which we all took pictures with but were told we weren’t going to climb up due to safety concerns. We started to head back down (which to many was scarier than coming up). We all changed and headed down to lunch. We all got green beans, carrots, rice and potato and while I got some kidney beans in a sauce, everyone else got chicken, still on the bone. 

After lunch we all hung around for a bit before most went on a nature walk to learn about medicinal plants while a few of us hung behind to read. 

We got collected before dinner to learn about marriage ceremonies and performed one ourselves (I was the bride) and then headed off for dinner which was lentils for me, monkey for everyone else. We all hung around a bit before going to bed.

Day 3 we all started early at 8am for breakfast before 7 of us went to do white water rafting

Before we started we were all a little scared that we were gonna die (nerves which was not calmed by our guide telling us to gather for our “final” photo) but it all turned out fine, with us being on the water for about 4 hours. We only hit one really turbulent area where everyone got thrown out of the boat (except me and the guide) before we headed off to shore and back to our group. 

We had to pack our stuff and then head to a different lodge where majority went off to cycle (again I stayed behind) which took them about 2 hours. We had a snack before dinner, learned exactly how they make chocolate and then went and had dinner. We all headed to bed decently early due to our travel day the next day starting at 7:20