Greetings from the Peruvian Amazon!

The Internet has reached the jungles of southeastern Peru, headwaters of the mighty Amazon River. Hundreds of miles from nowhere… almost. The nearest town is an 8 hour boat ride up river. The Internet connection speed here is a snail’s pace, but at least I have a connection. Well, at least part of the day — when the generator is running.

The birding here has been exciting as well as frustrating — the forest is thick and the birds can easily hide. Even brightly colored species can be swallowed by the walls of green vegetation.

The monkeys and sloths have also been fun… one Three-toed Sloth with a baby, many Red Howler Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, and Black Spider Monkeys plus a few Saddle-backed Tamarin and a small group of Brown Capuchin.

Well, the power is about to be shut off for the night so this will be a brief post… I tried to upload a couple of images, however, the connection is so slow that the upload times-out. So you will just have to wait until I get home before I can share some of the wonderful things we have seen… along with a full trip report!