Leticia Hostels - Reviews and Rates

One town, two languages and two different time zones! So good to finally hear Spanish!

Some info I found on the internet states that if you want to travel to Colombia from Brazil, you´ll need some kind of a tourist card from the Colombian Consulate in Tabatinga. You don´t. Just get an exit stamp at Policia Federal in Tabatinga and you´ll ...

Still not fed up with pleasure-boat rides?
Our next trip took us 400 km on the Amazon river - it actually feels more like a big lake - from Iquitos in Peru to Leticia in Colombia. 400km sounds quite a big distance but really mingy compared to a total river length of 6500km. We accepted our human limitations and surrendered...
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Another great day today, filled with activities. This morning we visited "Casa de los Micos", a monkey sanctuary run by an American biologist who has been working here for 10 years, taking in, caring for and re-releasing monkeys confiscated by the environmental police. The sanctaury is quite near the lodge and as we arrived the monkeys came swi...

Sometimes I do wonder if it may be a little irresponsible to take a year off and travel the world. Should I be working towards a pension? Should I be looking for promotions? But when you sit on the back of a ferry going down the Amazon with a nice cold beer and a fantastic sunset, you realise that you´ve made the right decision!!! So our time in...

I´m not trying to call John out....well actually I am....but I´m not sure he was accurate with some of his word choices in his last entry. Were his days being bitten by hundreds of mosquitos while in the Peruvian jungle really "perfect"? Maybe at the time (although I doubt that as well) but certainly not during the dreadful moments while in anot...

I jumped on the 6 am 'jet boat' service from Iquitos to Santa Rosa on the border, and having made myself as comfortable as possible, fell asleep for a few hours after watching the beautiful blood-red sunrise over the mighty Amazon, plied by early morning fishermen, cargo boats, and women coming out to do their washing by the floating river shack...

I'm a bit tired so this entry might be kinda dull... Arrived here in Leticia with Monica last Monday. It was hot as ****, but that was expected. We found a decent hotel at a reasonable price in the middle of town. My first night in town I ran in to Rachel, the Australian girl from Buenos Aires/Cali again. Small world. We also found a guide... th...