By the way, see those trees above? They bear the açai fruit (that overpriced, antioxidant-rich superfood), lots of it, and you can literally pick the berries off the plant for free. Or, you can stop by the market and buy the pulp for a few cents to make juice at home. It's funny the way supply and demand works, huh?
Now about those birds... are they not incredible? My grandmother and I certainly thought so. And only after watching them fly back and forth across the sky for 30 minutes did we realize we were starving. We stopped into a restaurant on the main street for piracu as per suggestions from our guide. It was delicious and I was thrilled it was served with a salad, in addition to rice and patacones.
We stayed in Leticia for two and a half more days, had multiple rainforest animal encounters, and tried even more Amazon river fish I've never heard of. Stay tuned!
