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Iquitos can only be reached by air or boat (no roads) so there are only the rickshaws and hardly any cars as they cant really go more than 10 miles and then no further. Its not an island just the vastness of different rivers. These rivers swell by up to a couple of miles wider than in the dry season so no possibility of building any bridges either.
Iquitos + Eduardo V

April 26th 2009
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South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest

Peruvian Flag 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
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