Jennifer's Joyous Journal

The Acajatuba Jungle Lodge

Well we finally made it! And I«m very happy to report that it was immediately apparent that our Amazonian adventure was going to be well worth the many, many hours in transit and the worry and stress suffered after missing our original flight (there was brief talk about scraping the Amazonian portion of the trip all together if we didn«t make the TAM flight on Tuesday). We were greeted in the main lodge (not an actual room, but a open air, thatch roofed hut) with a small glass of liquore made from one the many local fruits (it was pretty tasty, but I don«t remember what it was called). Lunch was waiting for us (the dining room was another open aired hut, but this one was screened in on all side to prevent the resident macaws from pestering us while we ate), so we ate quickly and got ready for our first sight seeing tour in the Amazon. Everybody was extremely friendly and their were a sufficient number of English speakers on staff so we didn«t need to worry about making ourselves understood. Our room was one half of a walled hut that was sparsely furnished (a full size bed, one multilevel table, and a clothing rack) with an attached bath. There wasn«t any hot water (and the cold water was very cold!) or air conditioner, but it was exactly what I would expect from a jungle lodge - primitive, but comfortable.