Blogs from Amazon Rainforest, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America - page 3

Nous voici au terme de notre petite semaine au coeur de la jungle amazonienne. Nous avons passe trois jours a Iquitos meme, durant lesquels nous en avons profite pour visiter la ville flottante avec son marche haut en couleur ou des centaines d'odeurs montent de partout, de quoi retirer l'appetit au plus affame des touristes...mais ca ne semble pas affecter plus que ca nous amis peruviens qui profite allegrement de cette abondance de nourriture. On peux trouver tout ce que l'on veux sur ce marche, des plantes medicinales les plus diverses, aux animaux en voie de disparition...a emporter ou consommer sur place. Au detour d'un chemin nous avons aussi rencontre un vieux chaman absolument terrible avec qui nous avons beaucoup echange...Il a reussi a guerir Michy de ses maux de ventres et a me faire avancer ... read more

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Well we are back safe and sound from the jungle although the mozzies can find any mm that you have missed with repellent and sting through your clothes, so despite my best efforts I still managed to get a few bites - almost more than Marty! We stayed at 2 lodges - Sinchucay about an hr from Iquitos for the first night, then for the next 2 nights another hour further in at the Yamanacu lodge. Neither of these lodges have electricity so from about 6.30pm everything is done by kerosene lamp. Also because of the heat we had a couple of hrs siesta after lunch each day which was nice. We cruised along the Amazon which was only 20km wide and 20m deep where we were - it gets twice as wide and 200m deep ... read more

Late morning on the final day aboard the Cabo Pantoja feels oddly like the last day of junior high in mid-May. For one thing, the sky is empty of clouds and the sun is out for the first time since we left Iquitos. There are only about fifteen passengers left on the top deck and, like the last day of school, there is an atmosphere of pleasant finality. Everyone is taking down hammocks, repacking bags, and getting ready to depart at one of the last few villages. With a good chunk of floor space opened up, kids are running around and playing - having finally been liberated from the impossibly confined torture of the first few days. But mid-May in the Midwest was never so hot and humid. The only ones not participating in the last-minute ... read more