Monkey Island

The Jungle

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July 9th 2007
We booked ourselves onto an Amazon Experience tour to the Ecoamazonia Lodges. We flew from Cuzco with LAN airlines into Puerto Maldondo. When we were flying all we could see for miles was treetops. Getting off the plane we were hit by the heat of 36 degrees and the humidity was 93%. From the airport we were brought by bus up to the boat which would bring us 2 hours up river to our lodges. But ab ... read more

South America » Peru » Madre de Dios » Puerto Maldonado

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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