Blogs from Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America - page 2

Day 262 Friday 29th June The room of our hotel in Tarapoto has windows opening into a light shaft and our window does not close properly and the air-conditioning cord comes through the window. This all would not seem a problem until someone turns the TV on full blast at 3.00am in the morning and then they proceed to have a loud discussion screaming over the TV noise. Every sound echoed up the light shaft but most you could sleep through but not this noise. To remedy the problem we turned on the air-conditioning which was louder than all that noise and at least had a constant sound one could not call it a hum, but at least being constant we went back to sleep. We slept till about 6.00am when someone started hacking up a ... read more

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After our amazingexperience of the Inca Trail we continued our trip to our last destination on Peru... Usually you say last but not least but in this case I´m afraid it was so. We arrived at the airpost and as soon as the door opened a guy called our names, he helped with our bags and then he escorted us out to our guide Luis. Luis had a friend with him, Marden and he said that he would join us on our expeditions in the Peruvian jungle.And why not, the more the merier... We went to our hotel for the night and in the morning this friend of our guide came to take us to Belen floating Market. The place smelled very bad. We had to breathe through our mouth but the smell was normal bearing ... read more

(Dit artikel is nog niet af en zal nog regelmatig bijgewerkt worden) Op maandag 16 januari, aankomst in Iquitos (Peru). Na een boottocht van exact 3 dagen wringde ons vrachtschip zich vandaag 16/01 rond 8h30 tussen de andere aangemeerde vrachtschepen in de haven van Iquitos. Iquitos, gelegen aan de beroemde Amazone-rivier, in het noordelijke deel van Peru, en één en al omgeven door Amazonewoud. De grootste stad ter wereld die enkel bereikbaar is per boot en per vliegtuig. Over vliegtuigen gesproken: een tochtje boven het Amazonewoud in een vliegtuigje is niet iets dat op regelmatige basis georganiseerd wordt voor toeristen, maar het kan. Kostprijs: S/. 2800 per uur, ongeveer 750 euro. Iquitos dankt haar inkomsten blijkbaar aan de petroleum. Die petroleumbronnen moeten zich situeren verder in de jungle, dieper het woud in. In de stad zelf ... read more

I spent about a week in the Amazon jungle and it was a pretty amazing place. I had very nice accommodation considering it's the jungle. There were flush toilets, cold showers, meals prepared, and even laundry service! Though no electricity, no internet... which was good... but fortunately I still had my iPod! I couldn't have survived without listening to some of the music I love. In the clearings I saw countless butterflies and a variety of other creatures. In the jungle, it was a bit darker and, being non-native, I was kinda scared of just about everything around me. At one point there was a huge track of ants on the trail for about 100 meters. Others were bitten, but I was spared. Here are some pics of what I saw.... read more