Hotel Morona Iquitos
Morona 420 422 Iquitos, L11, Peru
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Off on the African Queen
... too many cockroaches to count so the rest were named C1, C2, C3…), Beatrice, Betty and Beyoncé the bats and many other little flying insects. For the most part we allowed these creatures to coexist in our rooms with us. However, there was one unnamed tennis ball sized spider with a huge egg sack that we had removed. No one wants thousands of Amazon spiders taking up residents in their backpacks (we did hear of this happening to another traveler), not fun! ...
The amazon
... took the boat back to Iquitos. It was strange to walk on pavements again after 4 days on boats, wooden walkways and in wellie boots! Andy didn't want to leave the Amazon despite my promise of the amazing trip to the Galapagos that we had ahead if us. We had had a really good time in the amazon but despite andy's desire to become Tarzan and settle in the jungle forever, I was ready to leave the humidity, Mosquitos and other jungle creatures, 4days was a good but adequate amount of ...
The Chicken Boat
... guy holding a searchlight on the bow of the boat hopefully detecting any obstacles. I really don't think we could have stopped or turned in time given the speed this thing was moving into that weak light. Plus he really does need to shine the thing a little further out than the immediate surroundings for it to work as advertised. Sunrise brought the heat and transformed this rectangular boat into an aquatic toaster ...
Premiere etape du voyage au perou : on y est!!
Iquitos est une ville isolee du reste du perou puisqu il n y a aucune route pour s y rendre (4 jours de la premiere ville par voie fluviale, 1h30 en avion).
On y a trouve une petite "casa" tenue par une peruvienne et un suisse (merci le routard!). Iquitos est une ville qui n a pas beaucoup d attraits culturels et touristiques mais elle est tres vivante et on y a fait de belles rencontres... Avec des artisans de bijoux dans la rue ...
CZ z Coca do Iquitos ( Noemova archa)
... po mnoha vykladacich zastavkach konecne byli v Roca Fuerte. Jeste na lodi jsme se seznamili s Matuasem ktery je z Polska ale zije ve Svycarsku a take s Argentincem Ariel (bohuzel ten nemluvi anglicky). Hned po pristani jsme se od lokalnich lidi dozvedeli ze velka nakladni lod ...


