Nina Rumi

So after 2 days in the hospital I´m now on holiday! A clear benefit to living in a Republic/ ex-colony is you have an Independence day and a clear benefit to being Peruvian is you get 3 days off instead of just 1! Yesterday we (the Salazars and the 4 girls staying here) went to their country house in a village called Nina Rumi. The house was amazing- they built it themselves and it´s wooden, on stilts with a roof of leaves and open windows. But it also had 2 floors, a shower and flushing loo, full kitchen and a huge garden with lots of fruit trees. And it looked out over the river Nanay which joins the Amazon in Iquitos.
We spent most of the time lounging in hammocks, playing cards or at the beach- a canoe ride away on the other side of the river with gorgeous sand, lovely views and water you can swim in. It was heaven! Last night Sara and I slept in hammocks downstairs which were really comfy. I didn´t want to leave but tomorrow morning we 8sara and I again) are off to the jungle for 3 days!