The Amazone, the rainforest, the lungs of the world. All the amazing things you have ever heard of it are true.
28 of November: we started in Bogota, reunion with the other exchange students, the beginning of a new adventure. We were immediatly dropped into the life of the Amazone.
We went to Peru with the lanchas, these are the typical botes they use as a transport overthere. They told us we needed boots and a flashlight, at that moment I knew why. We had to walk at night true the forest to find our foresthouse. The life in the Amazone at night is totally different from the life by day. For example: I've never seen the stars shining so bright as I saw them there.
Day 1: after a short but good night, we stood up at 5 o'clock, the same time as the incredable nature and the beautifull animals stand up. Swimming, fishing, climbing in trees,... short: living in a dream.
At the end of day one we went back to the lanchas to travel to a little town in the middle of the Amazone (Colombian part). The most beautiful thing about the Amazone is that there are tree countries coming together at one place: when we looked to our right we could see Peru, the left was Brazil and in the front we could see Colombia.
We visited several indians, we learned about their food, their believes, the way they dance,... It was really interesting to see how people still live by the power of nature in this modern 21st century. They also paint themselves with the plants they find in the nature. We had the chance to make some tattoos ourselves too.
We played tribal games during our stay in the Amazone. They seperated us in 3 groups. The tribal games are games where you need logical knowledge and strength. It was a lot of fun and the group became a lot closer to eachother.
You can find lots of special animals in the Amazone. For example: pink dolphins, parrots, crocodils, beautiful colorfull birds, monkeys, snakes, spiders like tarantulas,... every animal you can imagine you find in the Amazone. Also mosquitos, but we didn't really liked those ones.
The last day we spent in a hotel in Leticia, that's the city at the boarder of the tree countries. There is also the airport. At night we went to Brazil where we ate the brazilian food and danced the brazilian dances: sambaaaa!!! Their was a dancegroup who gave a show and they picked a person out of the public to dance with them: I was that person and it was awesome.
After 5 incredable, unforgettable days we had to leave the longs of the world, back to the real (still really nice) Colombian life.
My vacation isn't over yet, I am now in Medellin for two weeks.
So greetings from Medellin!
