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My second Peru blog takes place in the Amazon rain forest. Together with the NG Kids Expedition Team, we stayed in an open-air room with no windows or doors, so we really felt like we were part of nature. To get to the Posada Amazonas Lodge where we stayed, we had to take a boat on the Tambopata River, which eventually flows into the Amazon River. When we were on our boat ride, we saw the biggest rodent in the world, a Capibara, which was really cool to see.  We also saw a troop of squirrel monkeys and as you might know, I love monkeys.
 
It was a long day of traveling to get to the rain forest and they gave us lunch on the boat. To help the environment, our lunch was vegetable rice served in a banana leaf, so when we were done, we threw the leaf in the water which the fish got a free meal from. It's totally safe for the environment and leaves no garbage. By the time we got to the lodge it was getting dark. Once we got to our room it was really dark. The rooms were lit by candles, so me and Tyler wrote our blogs by candlelight, which was different.
 
The next day we went to a lake and took out a pontoon paddle boat so that we could quietly float on the water and see the birds.

We also went to spots where we could fish for piranhas. Our group caught two of them using meat as bait. Our guide showed us the piranha's sharp teeth, which was awesome.