Puerto Maldonado, late December 2018

[cranefly]

Still not written in blood, but under serious consideration.

Oddly, Lady Cranefly has placed one condition on this trip: we must first write up our wills.

Puerto Maldonado is just the last airport, by the way; after that, we travel by other means.

[Drunk Monk]

Sounds like the craneflys are working on that bucket list.  So are we.  My turn next.

[Drunk Monk]

oh alright.  i give up.  why there?  what's out there for you?

[cranefly]

Our final destination is the Tambopata National Reserve, which reportedly has some of the best Amazon biodiversity around.  We're hoping to see some rare species of mosquitoes, and anacondas large enough to swallow ants whole.

[Drunk Monk]

Cool.

It’s like our 2018 trips are to the opposite ends of the ridgepole it terms of society.

[cranefly]

Early morning Xmas day (tomorrow), we head out.  First we need to get to SFO.  We're trusting that Uber will be available and serve us.  If not, long term parking(!).

Already one surprise.  Our agent entered the wrong expiration date for my passport, which the airlines cannot correct over the phone.  So we'll need to go to the ticket counter on all flights out and back.  Grrr.

[Greg]

Ugh. Travel safe. Have a great time.

[Drunk Monk]

Beware those venomous Peruvian cockroaches. 

Happy trails and safe adventuring!

[cranefly]

Thanks, all.

I'm hoping to see an ant.

Best wishes to the lot of you.  Stay safe and healthy into the new year, and don't overdo the moderation.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Travel safely, have only *enjoyable* surprises, pet a capybara, hope you all have a great time. I look forward to the Netflix series about your adventures.

[cranefly]

So I'm still packing.  Decided to take along some of my KungFuMagazine business cards.  I pull some from the middle of the box, and as I'm putting them in my carry-on, I notice that they said Emilio.

Good ole Emilio.  Honest, DM.  I checked the box when I got it.  The top cards are fine, the bottom cards are fine.  But it turns on that in the middle there's about 50 or so Emilio's.

I'll straighten this out with you when I get back.  [Though I'm really tempted to present myself as Emilio throughout this trip.]

[Drunk Monk]

Srsly? I must ask Emilio if he got some of yours. I don’t know where we had those done but now I suspect some Chinese connection. Apologies on that.

I told y’all about the iron horse productions, right?

Save those and get them back to me so I can forward them to Emilio. 

I’m guessing Peruvians can pronounce Emilio better than Gary...

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

You may need an alias while you are down there. “Emilio” will work fine.

[cranefly]

We spent most of the time lazing in hammocks sipping umbrellaed drinks.  Still, will write up a couple of noteworthy occurrences.  Soon.

[Drunk Monk]

Awesome.  We wait with bated breath.