Tabatinga, Brazil Travel Blogs

The booze cruise.
Feb 23, 2005 (16 photos)

... 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 ...

Mococa
Feb 12, 2007

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Boat from Manaus to Tabatinga - Day 85-90
Apr 1, 2009 (25 photos)

... , 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 before I ...

3 way border
Oct 26, 2005

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 ...

Week 5 and Week 6 - Beaches to Jungle
Sep 22, 2004 (22 photos)

... 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??
Sep 27, 2005 (2 photos)

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
Dec 4, 2006 (38 photos)

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, ...

Mas Profundo a la Amazonía
Feb 25, 2007 (2 photos)

"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 ...

Rapidito to Iquitos
Apr 29, 2009 (17 photos)

... 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
Dec 10, 2006 (27 photos)

... 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 ...

Tabatinga
Dec 1, 2007

Tabatinga

A big summary!
Aug 18, 2005

... 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 ...

Boat to Brazil
Jun 12, 2005

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Tabatinga, 24-28 October 2008
Oct 25, 2008 (17 photos)

... 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 ...

Peru, Colombia, and Brazil in One Morning
Oct 21, 2007 (31 photos)

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
Aug 20, 2005 (5 photos)

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 ...

Leaving Brazil
Nov 24, 2006

... 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 only ...

Road to Tabatinga
May 28, 2008 (5 photos)

... 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 our ...

Tri Border - Santa Rosa - Tabatinga - Leticia
Jan 25, 2009 (4 photos)

... . 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 of two ...

Jungle tour
Aug 18, 2007 (33 photos)

... . 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) and ...

Back on land
Sep 1, 2006

Back on Land

Tabatinga, Brazil.....
Dec 6, 2007

... It was boiling and complete mayhem!!! Is this Brazil!!! We changed what little money we had and headed for a bar / many beers. Tabatinga is mainly a stop over point for Border crossing, the small port is really busy & full of market stalls & millions of ...

For reais (reales)
Nov 21, 2009

... time in my life. And luckily this time I didn´t have to buy a very costly visa to do it. Since you can only leave Tabatinga by air or river, they don´t require a visa to enter the city itself. However it is required if further travel is expected. I was able ...

Rejs d.8/8 - > Tabatinga - > Leticia
Dec 9, 2009

... , ktora jedyna z nas mowi po brazylijsku. Po godzinie Annika zostaje zabrana na dalsze zeznania do jednostki marynarki wojennej w Tabatinga. Manuel jedzie razem z nia, a my wraz z Wenezuelczykami (Huan i Maria-Teresa) zostajemy podwiezieni przez jednego z ...

Tres Fronteras - The Three Borders.
Apr 10, 2009

... . And across the sprawling Amazon river in front of me, I can see Peru. This is "tres fronteras", the point in South America where Brazil, Colombia and Peru briefly meet.     We only had about an hour and a half in Brazil in the end, as we ...

Brazil during World Cup
Jun 7, 2002 (2 photos)

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