John put out a "ridiculous" wish on Facebook for a trip to see his missionary friends there, and his dad and grandma granted his wish! It was so super generous of them!
It was a long 17 hours of traveling to get there, but it was nice to be together.
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| The tourist trap market |
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| Vince keeps a few "pets" including 3 small alligators! |
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| The guys going off to work on the jungle property building a home for Vince and Megan |
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| And the girls going off to the local resort pool :) |
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| Dinner out then walking around one of the many plazas in the city |
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| Cindy and John- people doing great work for the Lord |
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| A Catholic cathedral in the plaza. The lights change colors. |
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| At the zoo. One ugly monkey. |
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| A pretty Mink |
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| The trick porpoise |
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| A day at the zoo/park |
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| Church on the Mortimer's property |
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| The whole family except Melissa got cutoff! |
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| Motorbikes and Motorcars are 99% of the transportation |
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| A Sunday afternoon river ride |
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| Tributary of the Amazon |
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| The Iquitos Hunting and Fishing Club |
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| Holding a sloth at the Serpentarium on the river |
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| John with the sloth |
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| A Macaw! |
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| A Night Monkey. So so sweet and cuddly! |
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| John harassing the night monkey |
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| Baby alligator |
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| World's ugliest turtle- the Leaf Turtle |
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| Mostly one way streets to keep the traffic safer since there aren't really any traffic "laws" |
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| A squatter's village |
Then about six weeks later Sophia and I drove to Maryland to visit my mom and do some sightseeing around the greater DC area. It took two days of driving. That part was kinda tough. Thankfully we flew home. But I got to see a lot of really cool metro areas and really beautiful natural scenery...and a lot of historic architecture. I hope to return someday without kids so we can really delve in deeply to the ton of things the area has to offer.
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| Driving Day 1 |
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| Hotel Night 1 |
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| Driving Day 2. Thank God for the DVD player and Curious George |
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| Then we got there and Mimi drove us instead! |
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| With Mimi at last!!!! |
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| We are chocolate |
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| And took strolls |
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| Crossed over the Potomac lots of times |
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| Figured out the Metro |
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| Got served chilled coffee |
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| Played on sculptural merry-go-rounds in the "Innah Hahbah" |
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| Even mom |
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| Perused the National Aquarium |
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| They have a HUGE sea turtle |
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| Little eyes and hands in wonder at the anemones |
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| So happy to take a picture. Ha! |
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| Found some play mates |
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| But mom's the best one |
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| Had a lovely time at the local park |
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| With Mimi |
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| Gave mom an arm workout |
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| Watched a seal show at the National Zoo |
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| Looked at elephants while eating popcorn |
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| Saw birds |
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| Sat on the brass panda |
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| With Mimi too |
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| Got a cool hat |
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| Loved the zoo carousel for 2 or 3 trips |
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| Picked the giraffe even though it was stationary |
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| Switched to the moving horse for round 2 |
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| Had the most delicious cupcakes. Not just hype! |
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| Because I just had to take a pic |
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| Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
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| Tidal Basin. All the cherry blossoms had dropped :( |
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| First Mate Sophie |
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| Sad excuse for a selfie |
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| Saw the monument from almost everywhere we went |
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| Dept of Agriculture |
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| Grave of JFK, Jacque O and 2 children |
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| Lee House overlooking Arlington National Cemetary |
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| Maybe my grandma's relative? |
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| Of course the White House. Which looks small in comparison to the other grand architecture around. |
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| Sniffing flowers |
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| Hanging on the barricades at the White House |
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