Peru 2013

Rest day in Yurimaguas

Our boat won’t leave today so we found things to do.  We heard the rooster and moto-taxis at 6:00 am and the electricity failed causing the air conditioner to quit, heating the room and all waking us up.  The fish market is a half block from our hotel on Saturday morning, aren’t we lucky?  On most restaurant menus, pescado is listed, that is, fish, river or lake fish.  The variety or species is rarely listed, so it was an eye-opener to visit the market and see all the varieties for sale.  Only a few are shown in the pics below.

After visiting the fish market and eating breakfast we took a jungle tour to a remote indian village.  By flat bottom boat we rode up the Rio Paranapura to a tributary and up the tributary to another tributary to the village.  Then by moto-taxi to a large, black-water lake where we were given a dugout canoe tour by a native villager.  The water is black due to the tannins leeching from the bark of trees.  Clear and safe to drink.  The villagers are fisherman and the lake is their primary source of income although with government encouragement they are embarking on tourism.

Later we walked around Yurimaguas searching for snacks and towels to use on the boat.  It seems to me that there is no licorice (red or black) in Yurimaguas.

Fish market

More fish

My favorites

 

Bird's nests along the lakeshore

 

Another view

 

The lake

Returning to Yurimagaus

 

 

River traffic

Our hotel looking toward the fish market