todays activity was to go to Puerto callao which is a small town, on the banks of Lake Yarinacocha, a bow shaped lake, just a few minutes up the road from pucallpa, and take a boat over to "la Jungla" which is a small zoo.
"la jungla" a small zoo lies ahead
huacamayo
man passes by with Anaconda over his shoulder
"Tigrillo"
young croc waiting to pounce on anything foodlike
"Musmuqui"
This is the little monkey i keep seing on peoples heads around town
the buildings here are elevated on stilts to allow for the increase in water levels every august.
...other buildings float
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Some Amazonian fruits & foods
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top row, left to right:
banana, coco (coconut)
Middle row, left to right:
juane, arroz con pollo en hoja de bijao (rice & chicken wrapped in palm leaf) , cocona, mani (monkey nut), pifayo
bottom row left to right:
naranja (green oranges), mango, dale dale, pan del arbol (tree-bread), aguaje
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discovering a new fruit is strange, some of the fruits seem so right you feel like you have known them all your life. as though your vision had been missing a primary color and now you have found it.in ecuador, it was the the naranjilla that had this effect on me. it is a small orange colored fruit with a smooth surface, tastes sort of like an orange or a peach or a banana but neither.. unique but equally normal in its flavour.i cannot find words to describe the aguaje only to say that its currently my favourite here in peru, but its early days yet. there is much to try.
the town roads are lined with these drains to deal with the heavy rains.
huequito shopping centre, pucallpa
1 comment:
cuando desees venir avisa con anticipacion q yo aqui te guardo tu aguajina jujuju :D TKM
==>Vane
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