http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , Leticia en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 02:20:21 BST Wed, 14 May 2008 02:20:21 BST At the end of our little cruise we touched down in Santa Rosa which is the Peruvian side of the river. From where we stood we could see Leticia the Colombian border town and Tabatinga the Brazilian town on this threeway border. After a few emigration formalities mainly involving me paying a small fine for overstaying my Peruvian visa we hopped from dirty nappy to dirty nappy to get into a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/Rio-Yavari--Amazon/blog-239373.html So we had finally made it to our final destination in this part of the world and I was happy to be back in Colombia again. Straight away the difference is obvious as there is a lot more money in Colombia than other countries and people here are happy to see tourists in their country. The infrastructure is better the people are more educated the shops are nicer the houses are nicer the people http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/Rio-Yavari--Amazon/blog-224869.html We arrived In Letitia airport Thursday 12th July in the morning and we were shocked by the heat as we were coming out of the plane. We were ushered into the arrival area and were welcomed with singing and keyboard playing y two Policemen. It was a really neat welcome. The security was very tight with all baggage checked drug dogs sniffing around and you could not leave the arrival area with http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-221127.html Time had come for us to get organised and get back on another boat and head further down river to Leticia Colombia. This time we were ready to be hassled at the port by people trying to help us to do things that we were more than capable of doing ourselves. For instances organising our voyage with the captain of the boat. As we arrived in our moto taxi it was surrounded by men trying to help b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/Rio-Yavari--Amazon/blog-221075.html Were safe just havent had much time to update the blog the jungle tires you out. Its incredibly humid and we will be sailing the Amazon for three days until we hit Manaus. I hope to find a speedier internet connection there for the uploading of photos and such. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-220369.html Salut les mignonsJuste deux ou trois ligne pour vous dire bonjour de Colombie mouarfMa premire exprience de voyage en lancha s'est bien passe avec ma copine de voyage Martina from Sude. Et me voila TabatingaLeticia. Tabatinga c'est le ct brsilien. De l'autre ct de la rue Leticia le ct colombien. Alors pourquoi rter l'occasion de visiter un autre paysThe suite amaha et oui http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-216380.html River TripFrom Puerta Masusa a port near Iquitos river boats leave each evening down the Amazon River.I got a motortaxi to take me to Puerto Masusa . Half way there the taxisputtered its last drop of gas but as if the driver had planned it the taxi coasted into the one and only gas station between town and port. He got 30 cents worth. My fare was 65 cents. I was the only gringo in sight and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-185825.html Now this is Amazon Volume Three Piranha Fishing Nightime Caymen Hunting Giant Lilipads of the Rio YavarionbspSouth America raquonbspColombia raquonbspLeticia raquonbspRio Yavari Amazon By JuanesApril 9th 2007Jason Burnettmore amazing amazon fotos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/Rio-Yavari--Amazon/blog-153290.html Well i have had to back date this blog a tad as i have been off the radar for a few days. from where i left you guys in Manaus i have had to catch a quite expensive plane trip to tabatinga... which of course i had to pay in cash... this meant another trip to Bank do Brazil and 5 hours waiting in lines and getting my credit card approved. not the most pleasent day in manaus but i managed to get my http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-140606.html Stepping off the plane to Leticia I remembered that actually I wasn't quite saying farewell to Columbia yet and that we had just entered the gateway into the Amazon and 150 humidity. God was it hot and sticky it was the sort of humidity that meant you were wetter when you got out of the shower than when you were in it. The next couple of days were spent preparing ourselves for the journey ahead http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-129107.html Finally made it into the Amazon here in Colombia. I am in Leticia a small town of about 30000 people on the banks of the world's longest widest deepest and most voluminous river. From here its over 6000km to the river's mouth on the Atlantic coast of BrazilThe town is lovely not beautiful or anything but with a very friendly laid back atmosphere. The streets are full of scooters mope http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-59088.html After the boat journey that left us in Tabatinga we headed across the border to Leticia Columbia. As advised by our travel bibles Leticia is a little more established for tourist visitors and has far more facilities as well as being the place to book jungle tours from. After having limited time in Manaus we still needed to head into the jungle and do what almost every other tourist does while in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-58113.html We arrived at Tabatinga and headed straight for the travel agent advertised in the Lonely Planet. It was very hummid and 35 degrees c. We had to lug our bags quite a distance before we found the place and the three sets of incorrect directions we had been given didn't help. If it hadn't had been for a friendly tout we would probably never have found it. The travel agent turned out to be a man http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Leticia/blog-50035.html