Made it back to Texas yesterday. Long day traveling from Iquitos to Tarapoto, then to Lima. The flight was delayed out of Lima and we did not leave till after 4AM. I will spend about a week visiting with the family and then head back to St. Croix. Before leaving Iquitos I was able to go to a manatee sanctuary and play with some manatees. I was also able to go to a well known local artist, Juan Manuel Vasquez Chavez. I could not resist and had to buy a painting of a Shipibo Indian. The painting reflected what I saw back on the remote parts of the Tambo and Ucayali rivers. When I told him that, Juan said the Indian and her child in the painting was from a remote Shipibo village he visited to make sure he captured the true feel an indigenous Shipibo Indian for his painting. He has made a career out of documenting through his artwork the various tribes of the amazon basin. I really enjoyed being in is studio. He uses natural dyes/paints and tree bark for canvas. The tree bark is from the llanchama tree and I am told that they also use it for clothing. Anyways, a very unique piece of art.
Working on the guide information blog and hope to have done today. :) Good to be back and it was great to have taken such a unique adventure.
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