A day full of surprises

26/09/2013 After the end of the trip, I went to the port to take a boat to go back to Yurimaguas. There I met two nice Swiss guys and we spent together the night on the boat. We had good time, talking about our adventures in the jungle. The boat trip took us 15 hours,  once we got to destinations I went back to my lovely hostel on the river. Few minutes later, also the Swiss guys arrived with my surprise, they had to talk with the agency that organised their trip and this was located in my hostel (we talked for all night and we had no idea that we had to go to the same place after getting to the port). After few hours I met again the french man I met in the selva and in the evening I had another surprise. I was in my room, trying to rest a little bit, but in a wood house you can hear everything. Suddenly I heard the owner of the hostel talking about me, an Israeli tourist that was staying at the hostel "but she's also Italian", the man said. And suddenly the other guy told him "I know her!". I'm sure there are not so many Italian/Israeli tourist in Perù. I tried to understand who he was, but I didn't recognise his voice, I just hoped that he wasn't one of those annoying israelis that I met in Huaraz. But all the guys I met during my staying there went south, while I went north. So I couldn't really understand who he was. I decided to show up and discover who was this guy. I was happy to see that he was a french guy, immigrate in Israel like me, that I met in Huaraz just couple of hours before I left the city. At that time he was travelling with his brother, but now he was alone. Perù is a very big country, but it seems so little : you meet all the time people you met somewhere else. We spent the evening in a karaoke pub and the morning after, before he had to take the boat, I showed him the centre of Yurimaguas and the market. Then he wanted to have some information about malaria, which kind of treatment you can take to prevent it and what to do in case you get malaria. We went to talk with some doctors at the hospital and then to some pharmacists . Their knowledge about the subject was discutibile. First of all, they assured us there is no malaria in the area, then they told us they get only 1 case of malaria a day (but they didn't just say that the area is malaria free?!?), then they didn't want to prescribe anything to to prevent the sickness. So we asked what we should do in case we'll get malaria, and they suggested us to take paracetamol. I really hope I'll never get seriously sick or injured in this country.... Just for information, I got biten by hundreds of mosquitoes while I was in Pacaya Samiria, but I didn't get sick (I got only a strong cold , but nothing more than this). My legs are scratching all the time.... After the Israeli/french guy left, I just started thinking about my next destination. I met again in the hostel the french man (the one I met in Pacaya Samiria) and he told me he was leaving in few minutes. 10 minutes after I was already with my backpack on my shoulders, ready to leave. Destination: a farm in Huapo where we will volunteer for a while. I didn't know so much about this place, but I just follow the instinct. The trip was quite long: three collettivos and 4-5 hours trip. The farm is located in the cloud forest, near the city of Lamas. The owner, Roman, hosted us in his house and from the first moment he spoiled us with a maracuya drink and a pure of sweet potato. We spent all night talking, he had a very interesting life, travelling in Asia and South America, till his decision to remain in Perù. The morning after, he prepared us breakfast with pancakes, papaya and coffee, while in the evening he prepared some bread. Tomorrow we will finally go to his field and we will learn more about it. For now I just tasted some of his cacao 100% pure: really good! My instinct to come here was right...