Hola Everyone!
We had an incredible last day in Peru, we went to Monkey Island! It was a fifteen minuite boat ride to Monkey Island from Cieba Tops and when the boat pulled up to the dock were were greeted by a very friendly spider monkey. we started getting off the boat and this monkey went right up to Bebe and grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs. A very unique welcoming committee but we all though it was hilarious. There were all kinds of monkey on monkey island. There were Wooly Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Titi Monkeys, Red Howler Monkeys and Tamerin Monkeys. All of these monkeys were really friendly they jumped on us, climbed on us and, in Miss Bowser’s case groomed us. Everyone got the chance to hold and play with the monkeys. Michelle and the spidermonkeys became best friends. She would swing him around and he would climb on her he would not leave her side, it was really cute.
Monkeys are now protected in Peru because they used to be considered a delicacy in Peru. Our tour guides, Percy and Ricardo, told us that when they were kids they used to have monkey soup.
We got back to Cieba Tops and then hiked a little trail to see the big Ceiba tree. This tree was HUGE, it was over 150 feet tall and was said to be over 200 years old. There were a lot of epiphytes on the tree and the roots came to the ground. These roots were really strong and we got to swing on them!
We left Cieba Tops and got on the boat for the last time with Capitan Pedro and headed into Iquitos. We walked through the Belen Market which really interesting. It was cool seeing all the medicinal plants we saw and learned about in the botanical garden being sold in the market. After the market we went to dinner in Iquitos. While we were eating dinner a parade came down the street because everyone was celebrating National Womens Day. For dessert we all got ice cream. I have never been so happy to have ice cream in my life!
We were all very sad driving to the airport because we have all had such a great time on this trip and we didn’t want it to end. This trip has really made an impact on all of our lives, and I know many of us will be going back to Peru as soon as possible.
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