Day 22: New York

Day 22: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Whew! What a day! As I write (in my journal) I’m swinging between two tents in some elevated wooden school room in a village called Nueva York (New York).

We left the base in Iquitos at 7:00 am by bus to Nauta, as usual. Because Carlos was slightly delayed in arriving, after we unloaded all our stuff onto the boat, they still had to get gas. So the boat left Nauta about 10, headed approximately 10 hours up river to San Jorge.

We trucked quite steadily along under the overcast sky and with relatively cool temperatures (although thankfully not as cold as the weather lately in Iquitos – that would have been much too cold on the river).

At 6pm we stopped in the village of Nueva York so we wouldn’t have to travel in the dark. Our new approximate travel time is 5 more hours up river.

I saw more dolphins today, they are very different than what is typical. The vegetation along the Tigre is taller because, according to all knowing Daniel, it hasn’t been cut down as much.