Amazonas Sinchicuy Lodge Iquitos

... Juliaca then a more expensive moto to the airport. And it was very cold as well in the moto, so having my new favourite hat on made it a lot easier to bear. The airport itself is small, but serves the purpose. Or at least that´s pretty much what I put in the survey they gave to me later on. But all of yesterday I spent on the phone with people trying to get my name changed on the ticket because I was worried I´d be refused entry onto the plane in Juliaca because ...

... edge. The floating market was more of a floating **** that needs to be flushed. <br> After the missed breakfast we all went separate ways. Andy went for a long walk through the city to pick up boat tickets for that night and food supplies for the long ride on the boat. Jen continued on her run and Eric went to play golf on the Amazon Golf Course. I would have joined Jen for part of her training run, but I did this on our first night in Iquitos and was harassed and hit in the back ...

... next to a large brown frog and it did the same motionless playing possum thing the frog we ran into a couple days earlier did. Gedrani poked it with a fat stick. And the toad stayed still. He poked it a few more times and the toad didn&#8217;t budge. Staring at the statue toad lost its amusement factor and we scanned the shorelines for caiman. We saw the reflector eyes of some across the swamp lake, but that was about it. No Discovery Channel worthy shots for us.

... The fish plopped into the water and floated on its stick. The bird looked at it for a minute, looked at us, and looked at the fish. And then it swooped down, grabbed the fish, and flew off. <br><br> We had spaghetti and fish for dinner but we didn&#8217;t have much time to enjoy it as our first real solid jungle rainstorm began to roll in. Andy grabbed his bar of soap and took a shower in the shower. The rest of us tried to finish our food, ran to our hammocks, and called it a night. <br><br>

... back in the rubber boom days, so the architecture is a mix between old spanish style mixed with portugeuse styles, which makes it pretty interesting. walking around the city, sitting down at the restaurant, drinking a beer at the bar..all you hear is the thunder noise from all the motos and mototaxis, its incredible. ive been staying at this little hostal in town, and have met some interesting poeple. to be honest the ...

... br>At one of the bus stops i met 2 americans traveling to iquitos also. They were on a nearby bus, that was lower quality than mine. They went through hell on that bus ride. After about 10 minutes we each boarded onto our buses and decided to try to meet each other in yurimaguas. A few hours later, arriving into yurimaguas we were held at a road block. I go out to see the situation and discover 10 men with spears. A wooden block lay on the length of the street ...

... gave me a kiss and welcomed me like a long lost friend. Very sweet. I wanted to buy another bracelet for 5 soles but only had 10 so he sold me 3 for 10....what a deal! That's about $2.50. And tonight I was having dinner on the Boulevard trying to ignore the obnoxious drunk ex-pat a few tables down....I ordered spaghetti carbonara and couldn't finish it all. Pretty soon, a young boy asked if he could have some. Sure, I said. When he had ...

... and the protective roof remind me in form of old model T Fords...seems appropriate for a city which had its heyday during that time. As you can see, the streets are full of them and it's a quick, easy and cheap way to get around. When I returned from the trip up the Rio Nanay, I did end up spending 2 nights at the Casa Fitzcarraldo. I stayed in the Blue Room where Mick Jagger stayed during filming. Mick ...

... and aracaris, blue and masked crimson tanagers; the list is just too long.<br> But during our jungle walks in places like Mishana and Llanchama, we also saw a number of frogs, lizards, spiders, dragon flies, and one of the largest butterflies I have ever seen. Our guide was very knowledgable and seemed excited about this opportunity to tell us about his neck of the woods.<br>I was amazed at how much he knew about the plants and trees; a knowledge ...

... when we shone our lights on it. Not even when my guide was startled by the Jurassic Park sounding groan of a monster-sized caiman coming from the forest. We stayed in the rainforest for five days and four nights. Though I was relieved to get away from the mosquitoes, this trip turned out to be a life changing experience for me. I returned to Iquitos the following year and I still live there now. If you are interested in going on a ...