Anaconda Hotel Leticia
Carrera 11 Leticia, Colombia
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Mahatu Guest House & Hostel Leticia
12 reviews
Last review: Jan 04, 2012<1 mile NW of Anaconda Hotel
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Two Hours, Three Countries
... system. I leave tomorrow at 4am by fast boat from Santa Rosa for Iquitos, Peru and I could have handled my Peruvian (but not Colombian) immigration formalities just prior to leaving on the Peruvian side. But rather than fighting the crowds at 3am and probably having the wrong tīs crossed and iīs dotted, I decided to just enter Peru officially today.
Land entry into Peru from Leticia is a tedious multistep process ...
This is Why We Travel
... as their mouths are quite small. Then again, my unscientific theory is not one I care to test.
And as far as the Great All-Colombian Food Quest 2011 goes, my worst meal yet arrived on a wood platter shaped like a river dolphin. We ordered grilled fish supposedly from the Amazon, and keep in mind the Amazon is freshwater. So how in the hell does a piece of fish from a river ...
Another Day Another Meal
... for tomorrow we have hired a speedboat to take us around the river in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. This area shares open borders and so long as someone doesnīt venture to the next cities downriver in Brazil or Peru, no need for immigration hassles either.
Speaking of hassles, the local government zaps tourists with a bullcrap 19,500 peso ($10) fee to exit the baggage claim, and this ...
Welcome to the jungle!
... and mouth full of mambu (coca leaves). I was invited to see how they prepare mambu and tried some other gelly like liquid that they make from yuka and drink at parties (weird stuff). And I got to play with the family pet - boa snake. My "accommodation" is 11 km from the center and my host gave my his old rusty bicycle to ride to town today. Where I am there is no phone signal or internet and only locals that give you strange looks. Or ...
Welcome to the jungle!
... is owned by an eccentric guy called Gustave who has been living in Leticia for a long time. After telling us his views on the world and giving us some advice on our onward travel (specifically recommending us to take the boat from Iquitos to Yuirimaguas, not to Pucallpa) he recommended a place for is to go the next day as we didn’t have time to actually head into the jungle. Mahatu is a really cool place to stay, set in a large complex there is a lake, ...
