Lima is on the coast of Peru, along the Pacific Ocean. Further into the country there are mountains, country and then ... the Amazon!
The Amazon River
We walked along this little river one morning to go bird watching. We saw hawks and herons and parakeets and who knows the names of the others!
This tree is called Palmarosa.. pink palm?
Tree Frog!
We stopped at this 'floating house' for lunch while we were going down the Amazon River. There was this baby playing with a piglet.. but then the baby started to cry.. nobody was really paying attention, so i went and pushed the pig away and it kept nuzzling me too, then it bit me! Not in a mean way, but in a 'hungry piglet' way, i guess.. so i tell someone that it was biting the baby and they're like.. noooo.. i said, "well it bit me!" and they're like, "nah" and still didn't worry about it :/ 
One night, pulling away the curtain to go into the bathroom, something flew across the room and dove into the toilet... i jumped back and said.. "Erin! there's a bird in the toilet! What do i do?!" So went to take a look and this is what we saw... The toilet wasn't flushing.. now i just felt bad for the bat. I ran out and found a large branch and saved it's poor little pee-soaked body!
One day we went to this 'island' in the river (it's a REALLY wide river). this was the surface of it.. just dry-ish mud, not so hard that we didn't leave footprints or sink sometimes as we walked. We had a LOT of fun here!
3-Toed Sloth!! They said it had a baby with it, but we couldn't see it.
Little crocodiles or 'caymans'. They were youngins being protected in a deep mud-walled well. A guy lowered himself down about 15 feet in there to get them for us.. we were a little afraid he'd be eaten and told him not to go.. i guess he just thought that was funny.
yeah.. we ended up holding them in our mouths.. maybe not the best idea ever, but a good photo opp., huh?!
We had little shadows for a little while. 
Dance party in the village one night! We just danced around a candle and had flashlights for strobe lights :)
Back in the city, we went through the market they call the 'floating market of Belen' because when the water is high (about half the year) the first floors of all the houses in this area are submerged. There is still a market, however, on the second floors and people go from shop to shop in boats. We were able to walk along the street though. I guess the water gets about 15 feet high when it's there, though!
THE END!
(obviously there's more.. but it'll have to be told in person)
Little crocodiles or 'caymans'. They were youngins being protected in a deep mud-walled well. A guy lowered himself down about 15 feet in there to get them for us.. we were a little afraid he'd be eaten and told him not to go.. i guess he just thought that was funny. yeah.. we ended up holding them in our mouths.. maybe not the best idea ever, but a good photo opp., huh?!
We had little shadows for a little while. Dance party in the village one night! We just danced around a candle and had flashlights for strobe lights :)
Back in the city, we went through the market they call the 'floating market of Belen' because when the water is high (about half the year) the first floors of all the houses in this area are submerged. There is still a market, however, on the second floors and people go from shop to shop in boats. We were able to walk along the street though. I guess the water gets about 15 feet high when it's there, though!
THE END!(obviously there's more.. but it'll have to be told in person)
I know it's kinda hard to see.. so here's a link to the map, just look for Iquitos... 
