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Tabatinga
Travel Blogs from Tabatinga, Brazil
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The booze cruise.
This is a top pick! ... I had language problems earlier on this trip, it will probably be nothing compared to the next few weeks. They speak Portugese in Brazil, a language quite different from Spanish. At least for me who speak neither (does what I say here really make sense to ...
Boat from Manaus to Tabatinga - Day 85-90
This is a top pick! ... point, I feel like a battery hen. Really glad it's my last night on this bloody boat tonight! We'll hopefully arrive in Tabatinga sometime tomorrow afternoon where I need to find another boat to take me into Peru. First though will be a night in a bed ...
3 way border
This is a top pick! Tabatinga (Brazil), Letica (Columbia) and Santa Rosa (Peru) combine to become the 3 way border between each country. I decided to stay in the Columbian side which had quite a bit going on. I was here for Halloween and it was slightly strange having ...
Amazon Boat Trip - Day 1
... them as a dutch guy we shared a taxi with from Cartegena town to the bus terminal so we say hi. Eventually at midday the brazil border patrol show up and we note the Brazilian military is much better equiped & professional looking than any other South ...
Amazon Boat Trip - Day 2
I wake up to a cold breeze this morning - they have pulled up the plastic covers they put down at night to protect us from the wind & rain. I´ve slept through to 7am so I´ve actually had a pretty decent sleep. My eyemask and earplugs ...
Amazon Boat Trip - Day 3
I had another decent sleep last night thanks to my eyemask and earplugs - maybe I should use them when I´m back at home? I grab a few pieces of bread and butter for breakfast plus a small cup of super-sweet coffee (probably makes more sense to say ...
Week 5 and Week 6 - Beaches to Jungle
... to keep moving, we got off the boat at Benjamin Constant and took a slightly faster ferry to Tabatinga which is on the Triple Frontier - the border of Brazil, Peru, and Columbia. We were hoping to organize a trip into the jungle in Leticia, Columbia and ...
hablas ingles??
Am Morgen gehts um 4 in der Dunkelheit vollgepackt an den Hafen, an dem nix los ist. Auch meine Pfeife und meine Taschenlampe machen die Situation nicht weniger unheimlich. Mit ner Nussschale geht´s dann im Dunkeln rueber nach St. Rosa (Peru) wo ich ...
7days 6nights - a perpetual journey 1100km upriver
A perperual journey of 1100km up the Amazon River from Manaus to Tabatinga, the border of Brazil. On a boat called the Don Manuel, crammed with 300 locals and 7 tourists, we alternated along each side of the wide, cream colored river, ...
Into the Wild
... Peru side. It borders with Brazil and Colombia. We got our passport stamped before heading across the river in a small boat to Tabatinga in Brazil. We hadn't planned on staying here but we met a guide who convinced us to stay and do a jungle tour here. ...
Rapidito to Iquitos
... am. I set my alarm for 3 am (!) and my taxi driver picked me up at 3:45 to take me to the pier in Tabatinga, Brazil. The border between Columbia and Brazil is open here and Leticia and Tabatinga are essentially one city so no stamp in my ...
The Triple Frontier
... Peru, and Dinner in Brazil in one single day." Fun stuff. Or maybe you just had to be there to understand. Tabatinga, the Brazilian side of this tri-border area was the jumping off point of our marathon 7 day, 6 night cruise up ...
I'm on a boat: Tabatinga to Manaus
02/02/2011 - Wednesday As we approached the boat, we could see that it was already 80% filled with hammocks and people. The boat was a triple decker: the bottom and middle decks were filled with hanging hammocks and passengers, and the deck at the ...
Lost in Translation
... pocketing and a northern Brazilian mass ATM fraud. We could only wish that we were at the scene of the second crime. 3. Holland 3 - Brazil 2 (I haven’t been witness to an anti-climax like this since the football in 2007). 4. Cachaca 5. Ron (who knew ...
A big summary!
... fun. Amazing building too. Left Manaus to head towards colombia. Got to Tabatinga/Leticia (they are two seperate cities Tabatinga is in brazil and Leticia is Colombia and they are on peru/brazil/colombia border)Just to confuse the situation more there ...
Mas Profundo a la Amazonía
"Kurz" mit dem schnellboot von Iquitos nach Santa Rosa, Peru (liegt am dreilaendereck von kolumbien, peru und brasilien), das ungefaehr 10std dauert, esseiden es geht der sprit aus; in diesem falle und guenstigen stroemungsverhaeltnissen und einem boot ...
Playing With The Monkeys On Monkey Island
... neighbouring Leticia. A couple of hammocks are also strewn up at the back of the house. It’s a five minute walk from the Tabatinga port. Hotel Ticuna, Av. Internacional Carrera 6 No. 3-29, Tel: (098) 592-4786. This is located on the border across ...
Peru, Colombia, and Brazil in One Morning
After our stay in the jungle we headed back down to Pevas to catch a boat going down to the triborders area of Peru, Brazil, and Colombia. 24 hours later of hammocking out on the boat. I actaully finished two books. They were very thick, no pictures, ...
Tabatinga Brazil
We left Tabatinga late in the afternoon, heading down the Amazon to Manaus. The boat took 4 days to travel to our destination. The only accomadation options on the boat were hammock or stuffy cabins. We opted for hammocks along with most of the other ...
Tabatinga, 24-28 October 2008
... every day. However, there is interest here as it is there are three towns next to each other in three different countries (Tabatinga - Brazil, Leticia - Columbia, Santa Rosa - Peru). This offers the possibility (if you stretch your imagination) to do a 3 ...
Road to Tabatinga
... or riverdolphins on our trip but we did see beautiful sceneries and amazing sunrises and sunsets! On the seventh day we arrived at Tabatinga, the bordertown, and were kicked of the boat at 4 in the morning (!!?!!), mugfree I´d like to add, and made ...
Leaving Brazil
... Leticia is the Colombian side of the border and facing them from accross the Rio Amazonas is Santa Rosa in Peru. Although Tabatinga and Leticia are officially separate towns, you dont need to go through border formalities to cross between them and the ...
Tri Border - Santa Rosa - Tabatinga - Leticia
... descision. The tri-border is a very strange place. There is Santa roasa, Peru, on one side of the river and Tabatinga, Brazil, and Leticia, Colombia, on the other. Tabatinga and Leticia are in effect one town, an unusual combination ...
Jungle tour
... . Overall it was great experience, but I just wish I wasn´t in such a pissy mood. ------------------------------------------------------------ Tabatinga is a very funny place. Everyone here uses Pesos (Colombian money), Soles (Peruvian money) ...
Tabatinga
... , but its something you get use to in Brazil as they are very popular. When I arrived at the small hotel in Tabatinga (Hospedaje Basil- 097 34123186 ), the man at the desk asked promptly ``Mr David? The Australiano? I was shocked how the heck did he ...
Swimming with the Piranhas
... companion Richard from France who is an older gentleman and they make a strange but funny partnership. On our last night in Tabatinga after our excursion Miguel and Richard make us a big meal. This apparently is Miguels first time ever cooking and there ...
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