Our activity of the day, we decided, was to go to a local mariposario, or butterfly farm, which was located a little ways up the river. We caught a moto-taxi and headed to the next little neighborhood to 
catch a boat. We had a really hard time shaking the moto-taxi driver who wanted to be our personal guide for the entire trip, for a fee of course. Finally after several attempts to shake him in a friendly way I pretended to look the other way while Boyfriend explained that we needed some alone time *wink wink*. The taxi driver did help us bargain a boat ride. For 24 
soles, about $8, we had a 30 min boat ride up the river to the mariposario. The boat driver also waited for us for about 2 hours and returned us to the dock.
catch a boat. We had a really hard time shaking the moto-taxi driver who wanted to be our personal guide for the entire trip, for a fee of course. Finally after several attempts to shake him in a friendly way I pretended to look the other way while Boyfriend explained that we needed some alone time *wink wink*. The taxi driver did help us bargain a boat ride. For 24 
soles, about $8, we had a 30 min boat ride up the river to the mariposario. The boat driver also waited for us for about 2 hours and returned us to the dock.
The boat ride was awesome! We went past abandoned ship production sites and riverside jungle. Even more awesome than the boat ride was the mariposario. It was a butterfly farm, and a jungle animal rescue center. We got to see up close jaguars, tapirs (my spirit animal), 
anteaters, capybara, and several kinds of monkeys. Also I almost cried/peed my pants when we were told to look at something in the water, and I thinking it was going to be a river dolphin, complied only to see caiman, one of the things I am most scared of on earth.
anteaters, capybara, and several kinds of monkeys. Also I almost cried/peed my pants when we were told to look at something in the water, and I thinking it was going to be a river dolphin, complied only to see caiman, one of the things I am most scared of on earth.
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