THE ISOLATED TOWN OF IQUITOS


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South America » Peru
October 27th 2007
Published: November 23rd 2007
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We had finally arrived in Iquitos, the world's largest city that can't be reached by road. My first impressions of the city was that it stank, not of anything in particular and not all the time, but as we drove into the city in our moto taxi we got quite a few whiffs of off fruit, bad sewage, muddy water and god knows what else. Along with the smells my first impression was that this place was a... Read Full Entry



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Houses on the banks of the river
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Carlos showing us the nets set up to catch the catfish
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Washing time
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The path down to the river is basically all plastic bags....unbelievable!
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A couple of boys waiting to take the boat across river
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If you look closely you can see a brown water mark on this sign....this is high water mark expected in a few months
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A couple of little girls who were more than happy to turn on the smiles for us. Sharyn made the little one cry not long after this photo
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Massive lily pads in the river
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A close up view of one of the floating houses. Not a great deal holding it together
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The human powered winch. These guys were hauling large tree trunks up the hill and it is also used to winch boats out of the water when work is needed to be done on them.
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A little old lady wandering around
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Looking down over the river and into the hub of the suburb
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More women washing on the banks of the river
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A man carrying one of many loads of plantains up the road from the river
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Nice spot for a quick fresh orange juice.......always conveniently where you want them to be
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Down at one of the local ports in Iquitos
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And more as I just love these photos
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Washing the moto taxi in the river
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A random man that we meet along the way......his tshirt says Jane is Value.
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The outboard motors that they use here for the boats.....to me they looked like they were whipper snippers
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Heading down river to the small village of Padre Cocha. You can see how low the water is at the moment and hard to believe that soon it will be as high as the bank.



1st January 2008

Iquitos
You did a great job on this story about Iquitos. I have lived here many years and still enjoyed how you put it in writing. The only thing you missed was mingling with the Gringo comunity, that could be a novel in its self.
10th January 2008

GREAT IQUITOS
Iquitos is much beautiful. You only mentioned things that can be improved. But this city has is a paradise.

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