When I first realized that I would be traveling down the Amazon, I envisioned dense forests, poisonous snakes, colorful birds, and swarming insects. Our journey began in Iquitos, Peru, a noisy city of 400,000 and the largest in the Peruvian Amazon.
Motorcycle taxis race through the streets and the docks and open market bustle with activity.
The markets are filled with products from the rain forest, most legal and some illegal. It's not uncommon to find endangered animals quartered and sold by the kilo. Sadly, enforcement is difficult and people try to make ends meet any way that they can. We'd like to thank all of the wonderful people we met in the Peruvian Amazon, they've helped to make this issue a very special one.