Leaving TRC

As luck would have it, it was not raining when I woke up to my alarm at 330am, which meant that I could go to the claylick with Jerome to catch the early morning activity before I left for good.

We spotted many birds on the claylick or above it, including: macaws (scarlet, red and green, blue and yellow, chestnut fronted, red bellied and blue headed); parrots (blue headed, mealy, orange cheeked, white fronted); parakeets (dusky headed, white eyed).

Back at the TRC I had breakfast with Jerome, and said many goodbyes to him and to Karina and other folks. It was difficult. Jerome had to leave to go tree climbing, and that was the last that I saw of him.

During the boat ride downriver, the soft, tropical air blew through the open boat. In a few hours I would be in cool, dry Cuzco with only memories of my stay in the jungle.