Some Perú video clips

We decided to download some video clips before we do a full posting. They are not in chronological order, by the way. Start out by enjoying this one of Gayle and Donna Pickett holding an Anaconda near Iquitos, Perú (Amazon jungle).


We're gradually adding stuff daily to this posting, since we have so much material from our trip and so little time to download it.

Here's a clip of me, looking like Gillegan, dancing with some Bora Indians near the Amazon. I had been attacked by insects at Machu Picchu, and later sunburned in the Andes, so I had on a long sleeved shirt and a hat for the jungle. It turns out that we had no insect problems in the jungle, and that afternoon I changed back to shorts and a T-shirt.

This was a G-rated video clip. We didn't use the one of Gayle because the indigenous female fashion was top-optional and Gayle danced between two who chose to go without tops. The Bora tribe had actually originated in what is now Colombia, but had been displaced and then moved down to Peru's Amazon region. Their actual village is a 40-minute walk through the jungle from this small establishment. They come to it to visit the tourists and sell handicrafts.

Here's one from the streets of Iquitos in the Amazon jungle. We're riding in a motocarro en route to the local zoo to see jaguars, monkeys, pink dolphins, etc.

Hopefully this will give you a feel for how it is to ride the streets of Iquitos.

Have you ever heard a sloth squeel? Check this out.

Our friend Kenney Wilkinson holds a new friend, who talks to us.
While at the zoo Gayle shot this clip of ants crossing the footpath. Great work ethic. Good teamwork!

Here a parrot laughs like a baby and then mutters "una patita" (a "little foot" - from what you say when you ask the parrot to put its foot on your finger), and hola. Obviously this is a Spanish speaking parrot.

En route to the Bora Indian visit.

We boarded a couple of boats and went up a tributary of the Amazon. On the way back, we went briefly into the mighty Amazon river as well.

Our last night in Lima we went to a fantastic "Folcloric" show of song and dance from Peru. Here's snippet of one of the dances.

There were several musical groups that played, and more than one dance troupe also.