May 3 afternoon. 

The early start meant we returned from the treetop walk with a bit of time to rest up. However the heat and humidity frustrated any sleep. 

It reminded Thea and me of when we were volunteering in Uganda. The humidity was so high that even the clothes we _didn’t_ wear felt damp. We were also meant to be recording our oxygen saturation and our Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness rating scale twice a day in preparation for Cusco. However the paper was so damp that we risked tearing it if we wrote on it. 

The afternoon planned activity was to carefully re-board our river boat (now that we had the experience that it was far more stable than a swing bridge!) for a short trip to the Tambopata National Reserve where, after a short hike, we clambered (carefully) aboard our long narrow and shallow drafted paddle boats to paddle to and around Lago Sandoval. 

Here we were treated to many more birds: macaws, several types of herons and the greater ani. 

We also tracked along beside a troop of squirrel monkeys as they danced amongst the branches. 

How do you get a decent photo of a fast moving squirrel monkey?. One just keeps shooting in the hope that at least one of the 3-400 photos you took happens to be in focus. Might have managed maybe five. 

And the red blobs in the distant trees are howler monkeys. Honestly.