Blogs from Madre de Dios, Peru, South America - page 11

Schon bevor wir nach Aguas Calientes aufbrachen hatten wir beschlossen in den Jungle zu fahren. Da der Flug sehr teuer war, beschlossen wir trotz der Warnungen es sei die schlechteste Strasse Perus, mit dem Bus zu fahren. Wir haben es nicht bereut auch wenn es eine ganz besondere Erfahrung war. Der Bus war ein alter, stinkender Bus ohne WC, der absolut ueberfuellt war. Die Menschen sassen am Gang bzw. lagen und auch Tiere waren mit von der Partie, welche am Boden pinkelten! Tja das war aber noch alles harmlos, das schliemmste war die Strasse! Nach ca. 50 km Asphalt ging es auf einer Schotterpiste weiter. Wir ueberquerten zwei Paesse die ueber 5000 m hoch waren. Es gab auch viele Stellen an denen es 200 m weit runter ging. Das waere ja noch nicht soo schlimm, oder? ... read more

We flew from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazonnjungle this morning. It was the shortest flight ive been on, litterally as soon as we were in the air we began ourt decent! The temperature was so different, its been really nice weather the whole time in Peru so far but this was the hottest. It was really humid too which made it worse. We were given another duffle bag each wich I crammed full of stuff (we had no weight limit this time unlike on the inca trail!) including loads of insect repellent and sun cream! After that we got a bus to the Tambopata river where we picked up a boat to the lodge. The boat was really cool, totally open to the elements and it went really fast too! The guides had prepared ... read more

A group of us from the spanish school decided to forgo two days of class to take a trip to the Peruvian Amazon. Reputed to be one of the best places in the world to see wildlife we decided the tradeoff would be worth it. It is reported to be the home to 20,000 species of flora and over 1300 species of butterflies and hundreds of other insects. We went with an organized tour through a company called Manu Ecological Adventures (http://www.manuadventures.com/) which turned out to be a very fun way to see the Amazon because it included a white water rafting trip and a zip line canopy tour. Our group of 15 including Premi and I set off for the jungle at 5am. Surprisingly we somehow all made it out of bed and had an ... read more

Well, I am out of the rainforest...BEAUTIFUL. I have some great pics but they will have to wait until I get to a computer I can use for more than a couple minutes. I must get truckin to the airport to fly back to Lima and then head down to see the Nasca Lines. Hopefully I will have some time in Lima to properly post photos. Until then, here is one to get started...... read more

So again when leaving Cusco i had to pay a departure tax and to be honest im getting pissed off that im paying so much for flights and its not included and also having to pay to use bathrooms that worse than some found in Asia?, well rant over i landed at Puerto Maldonao and no gap representative and then i was met by Fernando a guide for Amazona Rainforrest and apprently they do the trip i had booked and then i saw a flash bus and i was directed to a naff one and i was thinking hey between flights and the trip this has cost me nearly 500 pounds. The bus then went to the office and then we headed to the port to get a boat to the Lodge and we got a ... read more