Blogs from Amazon Rainforest, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America - page 14

The night sky lit by the full moon before me, I gazed out my bus window at the outline of the Andes mountains. Soon that picture-like view turned to jungle as far as the eye could see. This is the part of travel that I truly love, getting back into raw nature. Witnessing the beauty of God’s creation, untouched and thriving on its own. We made our way ten hours down a road that changed from mountain to jungle, pavement to dirt, winter temperatures to summer. Rest stops were made few and far between, wherein the men lined one side of the bus and the women the other. Unable to sleep, I simply stared out my window, listened to my favorite tunes, and thought about the unknown which lied ahead. Arriving in Coca early the next ... read more

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Having finally got to the lodge safely and dry, we spent the next few days in the Amazon and had a fantastic time....here are a few hightlights... *No electricity in the lodge, only gasoline lamps - very atmospheric..interesting having a wee at night though! *Fantastic food, which we helped prepare one day in the kitchen *Dawn and dusk canoe rides up the Tahuayo River, with the mist rising *Spear fishing at night *Camping over night in the heart of the jungle...where it decided it tip down with rain (luckily just after we had set up camp)....freshly caught bbq pirahnas)...fantastic jungle sounds. *Playing football with the kids in San Pedro village *Andrea, the very clingy woolly monkey. *Climbing 85feet above the canopy via zip wire, as the afternoon sun was setting...very heart pumping *Long treks in the ... read more

Ahojky vsem, Nedele Rano 25.9.2005 vstavame pred 8 hodinou, sprcha je nutna, je hrozne vedro. Jdeme na snidani, zaridit lod na pondeli do Santa Rosa (pristav v Amazonii v Peru). Koupili jsme si site (hamaky), ve kterych budeme na lodi spat. Kluci jdou vecer jeste do mesta, ja zustavam v pokoji. Pozdeji k veceru se zacina vsechno trast, jdu na chodbu, zjistit co se deje. Venku je vice lidi, bylo zemetreseni. V televizi hlasili, ze epicentrum bylo v Moyomamba, Tarapoto a Yurimagas (kde jsme meli byt, ale z casovych duvodu jsme zvolili rychlejsi cestu prelet z Pucallpy do Iquitosu). Iquitos je vzdalen cca 400 km. Zemetreseni bylo 7 stupnu Richterovi stupnice. Celkem sok, ale vse je OK. Pondeli 26.9.2005 jsme po snidani zasli do banky, prosli se po meste, nakoupili nejake jidlo na cestu lodi a ... read more