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Day One: Getting to the Amazon. A night's road cruising on the Nauta Road.

Waiting with Marisa at the Lima airport for the morning redeye flight to Iquitos.	Espresso americain in the wee hours. Delicious!	The departure gate, Lima Airport. Flights start as early as 5am.	Foggy morning as we taxi out to the flight line.
Mountains in the fog / smog, Lima.	Take-off	Dusty slums of Lima.	Clouds over the Andes.
East of the Andes.	On the other side of the mountains, there is the green treetops of the rainforest.	Individual trees are taking shape.	Coming into Iquitos.
Marisa de-planing.	Trip from the airport to the hotel, in a 1976 Toyota Corona!	The atrium of the hotel Victoria Regia.	Spanglish menu at Ari's Grill.
Interesting juxtaposition of desserts, dried fish and caiman skulls.	ginormous Plecostomus.	Most of the gang at Ari's.	First herp while cruising the Nauta Road - DOR Banded Water Snake, Helicops angulatus
Unidentified DOR - Drymarchon, perhaps?	First frog on the road - Polka Dot Treefrog, Hypsiboas punctatus	Two-Striped Treefrog, Scinax ruber.	Scinax ruber
Scinax ruber	Scinax ruber	Scinax ruber	Duane with his little buddy - Smooth-Fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus.
Paleosuchus trigonatus	The gang inspects the caiman as the dirver looks on.	Variable Clown Treefrog, Dendropsophus triangulum	Red-Striped Treefrog, Dendropsophus rhodopepla
Dendropsophus rhodopepla	Dendropsophus rhodopepla	Froglet	Dendropsophus triangulum
Dendropsophus triangulum	Dendropsophus triangulum	Dendropsophus triangulum	Greater Hatchet-Faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus lacteus
Sphaenorhynchus lacteus	Polka Dot Treefrog, Hypsiboas punctatus	Polka Dot Treefrog, Hypsiboas punctatus	Old Chompers

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