The Amazon has been awesome! I dont have a lot of time, but a quick rundown:
- WE WERE ON THE AMAZON! No big deal.
- Tarantulas at least as big as my fist- monkey island: monkeys crawling all over us and using us as jungle gyms (no pun intended. seriously.) i was smiling in this picture because i was terrified and our guide told me they could smell fear. great.
- pirahna fishing. matt got bitten by a piranha. apparently they have anticoagulants in their mouth, so he bled like a stuck pig. at that point he was the only one in the group whod caught one, so we told him to let the blood drip in the water to attract his fishs buddies. no luck, i didnt catch a darn thing.
- we went to an indian village and learned how to use a blow gun
matt and i with the chief
- we visited a river village, ate fresh fruit off the trees, went into a familys house and had fish soup with them. let me tell you how much i did NOT want to eat some dang soup made with river water, but our guide assured us it had been boiled for hours and hours and it was okay to eat. plus the lady offered it to us, it would have been so rude to turn her down. so far im not feeling any ill effects and its been over 12 hours. that means ill make it, right?
- i gave an eskimo joes t.shirt to a little girl in the village. i took a picture with her and im seriously considering submitting it for the joes clothes catalog. = )
thats all for now. ill update with more details later.
the amazon looks awesome!! (btw, i'm finally figuring out how to post a comment *&^#&) concerning the fish soup, i have read the the amazon has purer water than we drink here!! you just have to sift the sediment out. looks to me like it'll take lots of sifting !!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! This is so cool! I can't wait for more pics..
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you make me laugh. "Hey, Matt. I know you're bleeding to death, but could you try to help me catch a fish?!"
ReplyDeleteSecond of all, tarantulas that big will give me nightmares tonight. Thanks, Stec!
Third of all, you two look so cute in these pictures. I feel like I can see your personality coming out in them. I know that sounds silly, but you got some great shots.