Sunday, 22 September through Sunday, 29 September 2024
We spent a bit over two weeks in Peru in late September and early October. The first week was on a Lindblad/National Geographic tour of the upper Amazon River basin. Our tour was on the Delfin II riverboat, a truly luxurious ship with two or three daily excursions, gourmet dining, and five-star accommodations.
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| We used skiffs to board the Delfin II from the dock at Nauta on the Rio Marañon. |
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| The Delfin II at night (taken as we returned from an evening-into-night excursion). |
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| Our cabin steward, Roly, was an expert at “towel origami”. He even gave a demonstration one afternoon. |
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| “The Reader” ... |
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| ... plus a “real life” napping reader. |
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| Monkey |
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| The pastry & bread chef was particularly creative with dinner rolls. Each day we had a different creature from the Amazon. |
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| The cream puff swan was the most beautiful of the desserts - and equally delicious! |
The ship repositioned after almost every excursion, and the afternoons were HOT and HUMID (well, actually, it wasn’t just the afternoons), so we had a number of lectures and demonstrations to fill in time when we were moving or it was just too hot to be out and about.
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| Our bartender, “Machito” taught us how to make a pisco sour (the national cocktail of Peru) with plenty of music and dancing. |
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| We had a tasting of traditional Amazonia fruits. |
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| Click on the image above for a larger, more readable version. |
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| After dinner on our last night aboard the Delfin II, the staff & crew provided live entertainment. |
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