Blogs from Leticia, Colombia, South America - page 2

Sorry for the delay in blogs as after I left Bogota my hard drive decided to crash!!! Luckily I backed up everything on my external hard drive, anyways Let me give you some insight on Leticia and the Tri-Borders region since there was not much info on here when I looked for certain things...Hope the info helps.. I arrived mid afternoon via Bogota to some nice heat and humidity which was REALLY great after bogota!! You have to pay a 19,000 "tax" when you arrive in the baggage claim to all foreigners which isnt bad it's around $10 or so. So I finally get my bag from the belt and head out to catch a cab, I remember after booking Hostel Mahatu that the owner said don't pay more than 10,000 which was good info as ... read more

Leticia to kolumbijskie miasto polozone nad Amazonka, sasiadujace bezposrednio z brazylijska Tabatinga i peruwianska Santa Rosa po drugiej stronie rzeki. Klimatem przypomina poludniowa Azje. Mieszkancy odrozniaja sie uroda od reszty kraju, maja duzo cech Indianskich. Jest cieplo i bardzo wilgotno. Jestesmy 5 stopni na poludnie od rownika wiec ciezko wytrzymac dluzej niz chwile w bezposrednim sloncu. Dotarlem tutaj tydzien temu, i od razu ruszylem do dzunglii. Pierwsza noc spedzilem na platformie na czubku drzewa, okolo 40 metrow - wrazenia niezapomniane. Potem ruszylismy 5 osobowa ekipa do dziewiczej selvy. 4 gringos i Indianski przewodnik. Spedzilismy 3 noce w lesie. Caly czas w mokrych ubraniach. Miliony komarow i mrowek, upal i wilgotnosc. Tereny podmokle, czesto trzeba bylo przekraczac rzeki. Zlapalismy kajmana i tarantule, zjedlismy ogromna zabe. Mam mase fajnych zdjec, wrzuce pozni... read more

Amazon!!! Aug 07: Day 1 Tres Frontera After about 1 hour flight from Bogota, we arrived in Leticia, the capital city of Amazonia state of Colombia, and probably the best place to stay at the Tres Frontera over Tabatinga of Brasil or Santa Rosa of Peru. I slept on the plane, and when I opened my eyes, we were over the Amazon, getting ready to land. So you can imagine the view from the plane that took my breath away!!! It has been my life-long dream to visit Amazon, and I was almost there! Perhaps because I waited for a long time to go there, or developed fantasies which had no base in any reality whatsoever, I made a delusional comment to Johanna, “I am finally home!” We found a place called Mahatu hostel which has ... read more

So after Isla Malpelo I guess that Leticia can be considered as our second Colombian island: There are no roads to Leticia, ony flights and slow boats.... The "banana boat" to Leticia takes 3 weeks from Baranquilla and that depends on the river conditions. So somehow: Yes it's an island in the Amazon. Totally in the Southeast of Colombia, hugging the borders with Brazil and Peru. Here we're leaving Colombia, and actually earlier than we somehow thought... Welcome to the Jungle! We took a flight from Bogota to here and got ourselves 2 beds in a 'hostel', the most expensive one we've had in Colombia. We nagged a bit and indeed the price went down: we happy, but the owner not. Guess he was a bit manic depressive: I saw him smile only when we handed ... read more

Hoi hoi, Hier nog een berichtje over Colombia. Na te zijn bijgekomen van onze jungletocht naar de 'Verloren Stad' op het strand van Tacanga voerde de reis naar Cartagena. Een stad met een erg mooi historisch centrum en woonplaats van o.a. Shakira! Shakira! Helaas was ze niet thuis. Enfin, na een paar dagen in de stad en een tripje naar een moddervulkaan, waarin je heerlijk kon badderen, vlogen we met een jonge huid en een strak gezicht naar de Leticia, een stadje in de Amazone in het uiterste zuiden van Colombia en op het 3-landenpunt. Peru & Brazilië zijn de buren en de grens wordt gevormd door de rivier, die hier letterlijk en figuurlijk de levensader is van alles. Afgezien van vliegen is varen de enige manier van transport hier. Om een wat beter gevoel te ... read more