We went down the Amazon river to get to the Tahuayo Lodge. The ride was 3 hours. One of our favorite hang out spots at the lodge ended up being the entry deck where we liked to watch for birds.
We also went on boat rides and looked for birds there too. The birds were amazing; my favorite was the slate colored hawk.
| Our guide was named Johnny. He took us fishing two times. We fished with just stick, string, hook, and steak meat. I caught two red-bellied pirañas and one white-bellied piraña! Check out the teeth! Johnny caught one barracuda; its teeth were like see through icicles. My parents ate my catch for lunch.   |   |
Can you believe I went swimming with these parañas, barracudas, and a nearby pink river dolphin?
Some of the other things we did were: hiking, zip-lining, insect and animal spotting, and feeding monkeys. One of the monkeys named Chepa, the second biggest, hopped down on the ground and stole all the bananas. Dorila, the biggest monkey, was in the black market being sold for a pet, but someone bought him and gave him to the sanctuary. Kobe and Chepa were pets in a family with two kids and two parents; they decided not to keep them and put them in the sanctuary too. Now people from the lodge come and feed them.
| While we were there we celebrated my 8th birthday. They made me a huge cake, which I served to everyone. They gave me an owl made of straw and wire. I want to get hired to work at the lodge when I’m in my twenties. I might skip college and just stay there for the rest of my life, but I will still visit my, mom, dad, and brother. |  |
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