Bloody hell its hot

It is hot. Bloody hot in fact. The thick jackets, scarfs, woolly hats of the altiplano have been replaced with t-shirts, sandals, and sweat glistened locals. It is a bit of a shock, it has to be said. Oh and humid - did I mention humid as well?

Why the sudden change? Well, we have made a rather substantial change in our location - we now suddenly find ourselves in Pullcalpa, deep in the heart of the amazon basin - all rivers here lead to the atlantic (even if the pacific is far, far closer!).

Pullcalpa is a portal town for us. Just down the road from this hot, sweaty internet cafe is the big river itself - the Amazon. Or at least, the upper tributaries of it, anyway. And waiting there for us, is a boat holding our luggage and two hammocks that is going to take us down the river....