A New Journey

Thank you all for embarking on this jungle journey with us, however short it ended up being. As many of you know, we returned to the U.S. on Monday, March 18, and are currently visiting family and friends in Portland. Our plan from here is to fly to Virginia in about two weeks, where we are looking for an apartment and work (Serena is resuming her editing business; Paul wants to stay in the nonprofit sector). Long term, we would like to settle on a farm there, beginning a new journey growing vegetables and raising chickens and bees.

We missed posting a general update in the chaos of the past few weeks, so we would like to end this final blog post with photos from our last couple months in Peru and our adventure in Colombia:

Rescued river dolphin at the zoo in Quistacocha.

This is a park we visited during an afternoon trip down the Amazon River.

A giant Lupuna tree we walked to on the same day.

Fast forward to our trip to Leticia: hammocks on the barge on the Amazon River. 

Sunrise over one of the towns on the Amazon.

Visiting an ecological park in Leticia, Colombia

A chacra, or traditional garden plot. This one has pineapple, plantain, yuca, and at least two other types of plants.

Serena firing a bow in the ecological park.

Paul testing his blow dart skills.

The family Serena stayed with when Paul went back to Iquitos: Pastor Alvaro, his wife Marta, and their son Pablo.

Arriving in Bogota, a much larger city!

The streets of Bogota with mountains in the background.

We hiked up to Monserrate, a cathedral on top of a mountain above the city.