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South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest June 12th 2009

Well, this rainforest adventure has begun and I’m making this latest report from 50 miles downriver from Iquitos about a mile back in the jungle from the Amazon River. I got up early after finally sleeping five hours following 43 hours without a wink of sleep. Explorama arrived about 15 minutes early - unheard of in Peru - and it turned out that my guide is Segundo, the same man that I was with four years ago. The trip down the Amazon was faster than I remembered which was good because I kept trying to nap all the way here. Did see one good omen. Just as we were about to enter the Amazon from the Rio Itaya, a pink dolphin surfaced just a few meters away. We dropped a lot of passengers off at the ... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos June 11th 2009

My first day in the Amazon is coming to an end. As with all trips, it wasn’t without it’s challenges, but for the most part this was a very interesting day. The plane ride was uneventful - cloudy weather made an early morning view of the jungle almost impossible and only a short glimpse of the Amazon was possible just before landing. After arriving in Iquitos a few minutes early, I was approached by a driver for a jungle lodge who asked where I was going. When I told him Hotel Acosta, he said that no one would be there because there were almost no drivers. Apparently, in solidarity with the indigenous people of the north who have been involved in violent protests over the government’s giveaways of tribal lands to those seeking to exploit the ... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest June 10th 2009

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
Belen, the floating town
the market
Hello monkey

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest June 6th 2009

Alors, nous qui voulions de l'aventure, cette fois nous avons ete bien servi et plutot deux fois qu'une. Mais commencons par le commencement: nous avons quitte Salasaca le jeudi 28 mai en pleine forme et avec une patate d'enfer sans avoir la moindre idee de ce qui nous attendait. Nous avons embarque dans un premier bus en direction de Guayaquil. Un trajet de 7 heures....une paille quoi. A peine arrive a la gare des bus que nous la quittions deja avec le bus de nuit pour Piura au Perou. Cette fois, nous sommes en route pour 12h, mais avec la chance d'un bus type semi-cama, c'est a dire dont les sieges peuvent d'abaisser un maximum et donc rendre le voyage plus agreable....ce qui serait le cas si cet abruti de chauffeur n'avait laisse la musique hurler ... read more
after more than 24 hours of bus
night walk through the andes
the indigenous road block

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest April 6th 2009

sorry computer shut down of its own before I could load any photos so here we go again........ read more
Julz on the Amzon
marty on the amazon
jungle

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest April 6th 2009

Here´s the photos...... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest April 5th 2009

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

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest April 1st 2009

Yes we are here in Iquitos which, with a population of 600,000, is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road. You have to come by boat or fly in. We arrived yesterday afternoon and managed to find a karaoke bar for Marty to stretch his vocal cords last night. Which was lucky as I thought he might have been body snatched when he commented that people were drinking beer at 11am as if this was something completely foreign and bizarre to him!! I manged not to laugh for about 20 seconds :) I on the other hand, of course, have never consumed beer or any other alcoholic beverage at such an early hour, so have no idea what anyone is talking about!!! We met a weird dutch guy who had been ... read more




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