The Amazon

it took half a day to get there

the plane to Porto Maldonado then an hour and a half on a boat to the jungle lodge

i was with a group of 3 Irish 3 Aussie girls all were great fun

i was very impressed with the lodge you had your own hut with bathroom,

there was a large dinning room with bar and games room and surprisingly a swimming pool but all in keeping with the suroundings

they managed to lose my backpack (but they found it later) but thank god everything of value I had on me.

the first afternoon we went to Monkey Island and as the name suggests saw many monkeys,
they feed them for the tourist so they were quite tame, got many good pictures.
Dinner then early to bed

spent the night thinking there was a monster outside my hut only to find it was a small bird

next day we were up 5am for our jungle walk. we saw many insects. spiders (Tarantula), frogs, butterflies and birds but saw no larger wildlife, i think they could hear us coming a mile off

we then climbed up into a platform high in the canope and had a great view of the forest

we were put on a rowing boat on a little lake, we floated about for a bit was very peaceful and a great way to see the wildlife

back to the lodge in the evening, had dinner, a few drinks and a laugh in the bar with a group of Americans

the next day we made our way out of the Jungle

then to Cusco for Machu Picchu

Cuba

Havana
The Hotel Nacional a lovely old colonial style hotel, lovely room, good food, the Gardens were a sight to see,

I saw a local band (dinner and dance ) the place was jumping, the music was fabulous
met i nice fella who came to sat next to me and had a dance, i couldn´t understand what he said or him me but we had a laugh, waiters danced with me too, i was very well looked after

took a tour around Havana met 2 nice ladies from brazil

the next hotel was the most wonderful i have ever stayed at, Hotel Paradisus,
it was Paradise!
the pool was amazing, private beach, good food, it was so relaxing i didn´t want to leave

Now i´m back at Caracas ( got chatting to a fella on the plane , as you do)
at the Player Grande Caribe hotel,
did some shopping yesterday and bought a hat and had a look around

Next the Amazon!!

5.30 LHR 5th september

Got up at the crack of dawn to catch the flight,

on the flight to Madrid met 5 guys that were going to climb a moutain in Quito,
on the flight to Caracas i watched the Silver Surfer and had a little sleep,

it was very hot when i arrived at Caracas the hotel
had some food and whent to bed

Today 6th Sept spent most of the day around the hotel pool (palm trees and everything )
tomorrow Cuba
Love to All
Kate