Last day in Iquitos

For our last day in the rainforest we woke up and had breakfast then went fishing on the canoe. I wasn't very lucky this time and didn't catch anything but it was still fun and I took a lot of pictures! 

Flower outside of our room

Looking at the river from our lodge

Fishing pole, constructed of fishing line and a small branch

Leon fell in the water, oops

Pretty butterfly

After fishing for a while we had an early lunch - alligator! It tasted like chicken but it was a little tougher. I liked it a lot surprisingly! After lunch we packed up all of our stuff (so sad to leave) and took the canoe to a local tribe called the Yaguas. By the time we got there most of the tribe was off doing things but an older woman and a younger girl greeted us and painted our faces. We couldn't really understand them because they were speaking their native language mixed with a tiny bit of Spanish, but hand motions and expressions helped the communication. They dressed us up in traditional Yaguas clothing and even let us use their blow gun! 

Alligator lunch

The dog that lived at the lodge - Flaca

Traditional Yaguas house

Attempting to use the blow gun...

I actually made it in the target once!

Me and Keeley being Yaguas women

My favorite picture of David as a Yaguas warrior

After visiting the Amazonian tribe we walked across a small island to the Amazon River and loaded up our stuff... it was a 2 hour boat ride back to Iquitos.

It was sad to say goodbye to Leon but I'm sure we'll keep in touch with him in the future. We dropped our stuff off at the hostel we were staying at on Sunday night before going out for dinner and visiting the Plaza de Armas of Iquitos, including the end of a mass at a church.

Fountains in the Plaza de Armas

Church in Iquitos

We were going to go out at night since Iquitos is known for it's "party scene" but we were soo tired after a long weekend in the rainforest that we just went to sleep early! I got home yesterday after the hour and a half flight and was still exhausted but refreshed from such an adventurous weekend away from Lima. I will definitely be returning to the Amazon again in the future :)