Day 10 - A very hot day in the jungle

Today we decided to do the various trails around the falls which we were unable to do yesterday. The morning started off reasonably cool but as the day went on the wind stopped completely, the heat rose and the humidity hit!







We completed three different trails today which covered the upper and lower views of one set of falls, and San Martin island. The trails were via board walks with lots of viewing points to stop at. Our animal of the day were lizards. We saw loads of them, they were everywhere and came in all shapes and sizes. Some of which were up to two foot in length.





We took a boat over to San Martins island later in the afternoon by which point it had become very hot indeed, and humid. There was no air on the island at all, and whilst climbing a large set of steps up to the viewing point on the island we both really felt it (especially me Bev that is!!!) ;) Ive never been so hot in my entire life, i went bright red in the face and could not cool down. Unfortunately there are no pictures available, although Adrian tried his hardest to get some snaps of me, but failed luckily for me! On the way up the steps we passed a lady who had practically passed out due to the heat. ( or at least that's what Bev says!!(A)) lol ! Anyway...

Once we had reached the top of the steps we proceeded down another board walk. We were lucky to see another toucan close up although this one was quite camera shy, and was a female toucan as its beak was not the vivid orange colour of the males. So was not that photogenic.

We are now sat on the veranda having a drink in the not so hot but still about 25 degrees, and we have a perfect view of the falls. Next stop Lima, and we are both feeling a tad worried about doing the Inca Trail !! We are not as fit as we thought we should be, oh well watch this space.....

Just to let you all know that there may not be many posts on the blog during the next week due to Internet restrictions and also being on the Inca Trail. Will keep you all posted.

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