Last day at the reserve

Thursday, we did the rest of the student plant presentations in the morning. By this point, we had at least heard of everyone´s plant already so we had a better idea of what was going on. The afternoon was time back in Iquitos to do some shopping at the markets.
I have made very good friends with two of the waitresses at the Yellow Rose restaraunt we always eat at in town Their names are Susanna and Tatiana. They always squeal with excitement when I come, give me a big kiss on the cheek and a strong hug. I am one of the few students in my group who speaks decent spanish. I get in trouble, though: I speak well but I do not understand what is said back to me. I have talked quite a bit with these two young ladies and we are now amigas. They are so sad that our group is leaving.

That night we had a birthday party for everyone/going away party. We sang happy birthday to ourselves and ate delicious chocolate cake. It was our very last night on the reserve. I played a lot with Junior, the crazy and oh-so-loveable  6 year old who lives there. He was telling me all about his "Bota gigante" (giant boat) that fits 25 students and traveled the world. He only speaks spanish, so my details could be wrong. Our group will really miss Junior and all the staff at the reserve. We won´t miss the hard floors, river showers, or bugs though!

Junior stood still long enough for a picture!