Saturday June 7th
Today we visited some indigenous families to see how they live. We also got demonstrations on how yuca chicha and ceramics are made. Yuca, also called cassava, is widely used in Ecuadorian cuisine, and is nice enough fried or in bread, but the chicha (home brew) was pretty bad, it tasted like bread. Not as nice as the corn chicha from Peru.
The other 'highlight' of the day was building a raft and sailing it down the Napo river for about an hour and a half. It was very wet and not as fun as it sounds. It is not that hot in this jungle for some reason, and it takes forever to dry out.
And that was about it. As usual in the jungle, the day ended with some beer and cards. And this time some local kids dancing to help distract us.
Today we visited some indigenous families to see how they live. We also got demonstrations on how yuca chicha and ceramics are made. Yuca, also called cassava, is widely used in Ecuadorian cuisine, and is nice enough fried or in bread, but the chicha (home brew) was pretty bad, it tasted like bread. Not as nice as the corn chicha from Peru.
The other 'highlight' of the day was building a raft and sailing it down the Napo river for about an hour and a half. It was very wet and not as fun as it sounds. It is not that hot in this jungle for some reason, and it takes forever to dry out.
And that was about it. As usual in the jungle, the day ended with some beer and cards. And this time some local kids dancing to help distract us.
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