Tripping on Malaria Meds

The past few days at sea have now gone by pretty fast and as I am writing this we are traveling up the Amazon river. Its a strange feeling almost like it isn't real but looking into the tan water and seeing so many trees on either side its safe to say we are in the jungle. Everyone is on Malaria medication now and they give you pretty crazy dreams that make for great conversation at breakfast.

In Global Studies, the class that everyone on the boat takes we learned of all the crazy types of species including vampire bats, cyanide spitting caterpillars, spiders the size of your hand and a kissing fly that bites your lip and makes your brain swell up. So that makes things a bit more interesting but still I cannot wait to get out into the jungle and explore. The tomorrow we will arrive in Manaus and I will spend the day exploring the city. The coolest thing about Manaus is that it has a population of 1.7 million and the only way to access the city is by boat or plane, no major roads connect the city to the rest of Brazil. The next few days I will be doing an overnight Amazon riverboat tour which I am really excited for and the last day I am doing a jungle hike required for my conserving endangered wildlife class. All in all i'm super excited and i'll let everyone know how it goes in a couple of days!

-Steven