Piranha Fishing

Well...I can now say I've been piranha fishing in the Amazon...yep, yesterday after hiking in the jungle and lunch, we went piranha fishing and also saw giant lily pads, a snake, sloths and other various insects. Though I didn't catch any piranha many in our group did and they also caught some Amazon catfish. I put bait (beef) on my hook and made noise on the water with my pole and watched the piranhas snatch the bait off the hook bite by bite. It became a game with me to watch them and I didn't care if I caught one or not. There were 3-4 piranhas who would attack the bait as I watched. We saw pink and gray river dolphins again as well. After dinner there was a show put on by some of the locals and we celebrated Cathy's birthday; a few days before we had asked our tour guide, Carlos, to see if he could arrange a birthday cake for Cath. When the Ceiba Tops Lodge employees went to Iquitos they bought a cake and it took a 2 hr boat ride back to the lodge. After the show the band and the employees of the Lodge sang to her and the rest of us joined in. All in all it was a fun day in the hot, humid Amazon Jungle/River. I enjoyed the people but I don't think I want to come to the Amazon region again though. No pictures yet...will post when I do.

Peru...being sent FROM the Amazon Jungle...

So, I thought walking on the Great Wall would be #1 on my list of things I've done...not so,  I've now climbed into Machu Picchu and it was far more amazing!  

We've also visited a remote village and took them school and medical supplies and we are now in the Amazon Jungle...a lodge with free wireless internet which blows my mind--not the free but having it in the jungle!

Today we took a ride down the Amazon (we saw pink dolphins that swim in the Amazon River) to visit a tribe of Indians...can't remember the name.  They were fun people and two of the kids had tiny monkeys for a pet and one boy had a baby sloth. 

This has been a great trip so far.  We haven't uploaded the pictures from the Amazon yet, but will post some when we do.