I had a quick free breakfast before heading to the airport.
Outside the hotel there were police with shields, so we were leaving at
precisely the right time - before whatever protests or chaos was about to
commence. I shared a cab with Magretta who was slightly eccentric. This flight
went smoothly and I met Freddie outside Iquitos airport! Magretta insisted on
her taxi man carrying my bags and tried to get Freddie and I to get into her
cab to give us a lift. We got away eventually but not before I was introduced
to her entire family. We went in a motor taxi to La Pascana hostel. The weather
was extremely hot and humid and would take some getting used to. After a lovely
two course Peruvian lunch in Waisai for £3 we went to buy some supplies for the
jungle. We went with Louis and Hulio, two of the field work assistants. We went
to a store which sold absolutely everything you could imagine. The store was known
as the Peruvian version of Harrods. We bought pots, pans, rain ponchos, plastic
containers, a spade and some other bits and bobs. When we returned to the
hostel the food we would need was discussed. The quantities were decided upon and
a list was finalised.
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