Belen Iquitos

I have arrived in Iquitos, a loud, hot, slightly crazy jungle town in Peru that boasts the title of the largest city in the world without road access... you can only arrive or leave by plane or boat. The half million inhabitants here all get around on ...

Iquitos, Peru Inspired by our trip in the jungle, when we arrived back in Cusco we decided to make a run for it to Iquitos to start our trip down the Amazon. We ran straight from one plane onto the next and changed in Lima sneaking through security to ...

Iquitos, Peru Woke up in the freaky hobo hideout and wondered what the hell we were hiding from. More likely to be the land lady than anything else so we packed up and got the hell out of there ! After a dubious breakfast in Aris Burgers (wrong ...

... to the nth degree and proved quite helpful for just S/.5 (AUD$2.50). As we drove into the city we saw the famous Iquitos motocarros, little three wheelered motorbikes that people sit in the back of. They are very similar to tuk tuks in Thailand, just as ...

Nous faisons un tour par le marche de Belén. Dans la rue des shamans ou Lucie s'achète de l'Ajo Sacha, nous rencontrons Aline, l'anthropologue qui part demain pour sa communauté d'étude. Je passe l'après midi a me reposer a l'auberge. Le soir nous ...

... , its the rainforest after all). Big old fat wet rain that we don't tend to get in Britain. The stuff that's really really wet. Iquitos is a sticky hot and tropical place and when I went for a drink down by the river on the first night, there was a bit ...

Adam here,well where to begin. Best start where we left off in Iquitos. We went to Belen Market which is a very old place in Iquitos.All the buildings are on stilts cos the area floods every year but right now its dry. :D Its a dirty smelly place but ...

... . There are some pavillions and it is very popular with the local youth, who come to swim, play football and volleyball. In Iquitos itself, the ‘floating city’ of Belén is definitely worth a visit. Because of the rising water levels, the ...

... amazon jungle at immigration, and they´ve taken our passports. Which they gave back by the way. So, anyway, we reached Iquitos and found ourselves a hotel. Couldn´t possibly stay in a hostel after Manaus and Tabatinga - we just wanted some luxury ...

... and I had two tickets, one to Lima (to avoid wasting 21 hours in the bus), and an incredibly cheap return ticket between Lima and Iquitos! Two trouble-free flights later and I found myself in Iquitos. I really don't know why I do that to myself. I can't ...