Down the Rio Madres de Dios

Sharing His Story and visiting communities

07/24/2010 - 09/07/2010 94 °F

Riding down the river

Jonathan and I just finished a trip in Peru down the Rio Madre de Dios in the middle of the jungle. It was a three week trip and we had a great adventure. We started in Quito Ecuador with a 36 hour bus ride to Lima and then a 18 hour bus ride to Cusco. We then took a 8 hour bus ride to a community where we had to ride in the back of a wood truck just to get to another community where we could catch another wood truck to the river to start our three week trip down the river. As you can imagine I was tired of buses and trucks and ready for the peki peki's in which we would travel in. (A peki is a boat with a briggs and stratton motor) We stayed in the first village for a week and encouraged the believers there that an Extreme Team had reached a few years ago. It was a great week and we cut wood, fished, hunted, and helped to build one of their boats. (pic to follow) We stayed in two other communities and were able to share the stories and encourage the believers that we found. It was hot and muggy most of the time and we fought off many misquitoes. When we arrived in Puerto Maldonado we found a great resturant that had Tai food and enjoyed every bite as we had been eating mostly crackers, rice, and fish for over three weeks. On the way back to Ecuador I got really sick on the bus and found out after we returned that I have contacted Dengue fever from one of the mosquitoes. It took me a month to get feeling better and I can report that I have made a full recovery.