Top Index » Peruvian Amazon 2011 - Day 16

My last day. Belen Market. The hunt for the Bushmaster. Iquitos Zoo.

Sunday morning on the streets of Iquitos.			Interesting older architecture.
Interesting older architecture.	Architectural details.	Looking out from the river walk.	River walk
		Plaza de Armas, from Ari's	They look delicious but I will stick to just coffee.
Police in riot gear line up for the flag ceremony.		Another branch of the military.	Here comes the army.
Ferreteria?	Heading down to the Belen Market.	Fruit vendors at the Belen Market.	Belen Market
Belen Market	Belen Market		Skip in the Belen Market
Belen Market	Lining up for clothing	Tub of turtles	Another tub of turtles - Podocnemis and Chelonoidis
Sloth on top of a monkey cage	Basket of Plecostomus. How does one cook these?	Back out of the market.	Stopping for gas on our way to see the Bushmaster.
The Bushmaster compound.	Palm fruit.	Building full of pit vipers.	"Uh, we don't want to shoot the Bushmaster here."
Sweater boxes full of Fer de Lance.	Roof details	There's a shushupe in there....	Bushmaster, Lachesis muta muta
Bushmaster, Lachesis muta muta
	Note the small eye!
			Back in its box.
Visiting the zoo on the outskirts of Iquitos.	The Legend of the Motelo Mama (Mother Yellowfoot)		Arapaima
Caiman Lizard, Dracaena guianensis
			Freshwater Dolphin
Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis
	Capybara		Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus
Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus			White-Fronted Capuchin Monkey
Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis	Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis	Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis
Ocelots	Mesentina Sister, Adelpha mesentina (Nymphalidae)	Mesentina Sister, Adelpha mesentina (Nymphalidae)	Scarlet Macaw
Scarlet, Blue & Gold Macaw	Lunch at Ari's - last photo of the trip!

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