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This morning at 9 am, we embarked on a 90-minute approximately 50-mile boat ride down the Amazon to the Napo River, then the Gran Corriente (Grand Stream).  It was an amazing journey. It was surreal. In the back of my head, the words “You are boating down the Amazon River in Peru” kept echoing. As…

It seems funny that for a place that is only 1-time zone behind the East Coast and 2,753 miles by air, it would not take nearly 24 hours of travel. Alas, it did. Even without counting my 5 hours awake at home getting the last-minute things done, I was officially traveling from 3 pm June…

All too often these days, those two words – flying and comfort, do not go together. Seats are cramped, space to move is limited, less legroom, and don’t get me started about the “recline” angle. Even up in first class, the seat does not recline much more. The seats are wider, there is a bit…

Tomorrow by 10 am, the real Amazon Rainforest adventure begins as we head 90 minutes (50 km) downriver to the Explorama Lodge and the first of three research reserves in the rainforest basin. But first, those of us who flew in a day early had the opportunity to visit the Amazon Forever – BioPark.  It…