[morning meal at Amazon Bed & Breakfast: fruit, juice, fried egg, cheese, bread, café con leche]
[a snack exchange with "Shakira"]
[meets & greets with wild squirrel monkeys]
[almojábana (a type of Colombian corn bread) snack]
[Colombian "barbecue" lunch: fish soup, fried fish, cabbage slaw salad, steak and peppers, red beans, white rice, patacones]
[more animal interaction at a Peruvian reserve]
[light dinner with live music at a corner pizzeria]
[another early and delicious B&B breakfast after bed ]
[a visit to a Peruvian nature reserve]
[one of the three fish I caught fishing]
[an awkward moment with a wild iguana]
[a fabulous lunch of lemonade, chicken soup, fried fish, steak with peppers, cabbage slaw, white rice, and a baked banana]
[a relaxing afternoon at the lodge with wild & hungry capybaras]
[a much-needed vanilla ice cream treat from Mimo's]
[late, hot night dinner: Club Colombia, mahi mahi, patacones, salad, white rice]
[a very sweet and thoughtful morning birthday cake from the bed & breakfast staff]
[a visit to Brazil to tour a chocolatier, shop at the market, visit a shipyard...]
[...and take a look at a modern Catholic church]
[a large birthday, fresh fish lunch at Restaurante Tres Fronteras del Amazonas]
And then, of course, there's something really special about sharing all of it with my grandmother. We'll discuss in more detail at a later date :).
