tribal weavers on bank of Amazon

Iquitos carnival

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May 3rd 2007
We arrived in Iquitos by plane on a day off, and that night the riverway was crowded with locals celebrating the end of a long weekend. Iquitos had a carnival atmosphere, much more laid back than other places in Peru we had been. Iquitos is still boomig, being the main Amazo port for some distance around, and its heyday was during the rubber boom about 100 years ago. We also met three Shipiro wo ... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more