I found another guide who will take me down the Apurimac south to Kimbiri (no further) but he needs to bring a safety person in a kayak because the rapids are too dangerous and we need another person to balance the raft correctly. As a result the cost is more than I want to pay or should pay, so I am continuing my search. Finding another paying tourista would help make things more reasonable. We are both looking for someone. Anyone?
It is interesting that there is much dislike between the "Inca" descendants (those who live in the Andes' highlands) and the jungle people. Their history is full of distrust, raids, wars, etc., and no highlanders want to go to the jungle and no jungle people want to go to the highlands, e.g., Cusco. It goes to the people disliking each other rather than location.
Today was day 5 for Cho to figure out the Kimbiri to Pucallpa leg of the trip. I have not heard from him but it is Sunday and I think they have "jungle time" much like "island time." So no update on that end. We did run into a guy who just came in from Atalaya. He had spent the night in a lodge under a mosquito net but had large welts on his visible skin areas. He said spiders got him all night. Oh what fun! Note to self, check for spiders!
The picture to the right top is the salt fields. Very cool and our guide was able to take us down into the work areas. The size of this area is massive and the pictures do it not justice. The Sacred Valley is in the back ground.
The lower picture is the Inca Agricultural farm where the experimented with different crops at different levels. For those who have facebook I have posted more pictures - sorry no real time to add captions. I hope to add more photo´s on Machu Picchu tomorrow.
I miss you Ethan!
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