— Travel and Trekking Jots & Shots
Anecdotes and Observations of a Natural Nomad
I love to travel, clearly. The travel bug bit me at a young age and never let go. The prospect of a trip anywhere gets me all a-flutter. So, Travel Tales are articles about my adventures on the road, whether abroad or in Canada.
We may well call it a staycation when we don’t cross any borders, but it’s still travel! In this country, just crossing most provinces is an expedition. And of course, the idea of staycations does appeal to a greeniac (winky face).
The most important thing I’ve learned while travelling abroad is that you never know what can happen in a foreign country, so expect the unexpected! I’ve got big dreams of seeing much more of the world, but for now I’m content with reminiscing and sharing these anecdotes with you (smiley face). Choose from the entire selection of JourNiackery Travel Tales by scrolling below.
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Time for another wildlife sightings round-up from Picaflor! Here are a few tales about the animals I’ve seen in the jungle and around the hacienda lately. Pico and I went for a swim yesterday. On our way to the quebrada, we sighted a red-and-green macaw. On our way back, I saw what might have been an olive tree […]
Sleeping with tarantulas at Picaflor wasn’t exactly on my itinerary, but in a way, I guess it was meant to be… Johanna discovered a tarantula on the ceiling of her bedroom one morning, but it was her time to leave and she was packing. I went down to the river with Johanna to wait for her boat. While […]
Twice we tried to get to the neighbouring lodge on foot, but it appears that bushwhacking at Picaflor is not so easy. It took a bee attack and crawling over sinking mud before we quit… First Attempt Bushwhacking at Picaflor When Elissa and Joel were here, we got the idea to try to bushwhack our way to Tambopata […]
Katie and Eric left Friday morning to continue their honeymoon. For us, more work and play at Picaflor lay ahead. That day, Pico set Johanna and I to weeding the garden. Johanna really enjoys it, but I don’t like gardening. In an impossibly bad mood, I shared my feelings with Johanna so that she would at least understand […]
Rereading my travel notes, I’ve noticed some exclusions or now have a different take on previous observations. So it’s time to start revisiting the past and correcting a few mistakes. For example, my very first post from Ecuador describes two men in Quito who may or may not have been laughing at my short hair. Naively, I assumed […]
I’ve got a few wildlife tales from Picaflor I haven’t told yet, so I’ve collected them here… Capybara One day while Elissa and Joel were here, Ron the capybara was trying to play with me while we were pumping water. He took a tiny little nibble just below my right knee, but he shouldn’t be faulted. He’s just […]
On Tuesday, Pico brought us visiting an oxbow lake on the Tambopata Reserve. Nearby, the University of Lima maintains a research centre where its biology students can stay to do field work. We took Pico’s boat — it’s got a 50-horsepower Johnson, so even though it may look like a pekipeki, it’s much more powerful. By the way, […]
Monday was a rainy day and with Pico gone to Puerto for the day, Johanna and I spent our time reading and avoiding work. Life in the jungle at Picaflor can be real nice! Minutes after Pico returned in the late afternoon, all three of us were surprised by the sound of a boat stopping at our landing. […]
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