Hostal Jhuliana Iquitos

... is split up by three delicious meals prepared by the mother of the house, always a different combination of the diverse foods that grow only in the jungle. Everything we eat is served with a description of its nutritional value to the body or soul. Getting away from gringos, and living in a house where spanish is the only language spoken has really improved our skills. We watch spanish TV, read spanish newspapers, and have ...

... you can visit Pilpintuwasi, the butterfly farm and animal orphanage. Here, 43 different species of Amazonian butterflies are bred, but there is also a variety of animals, like a grown jaguar, a tapir, some snakes and caiman, some water turtles, and even a very rare manatee, which is a critically endangered species. Several species of monkeys, parrots and an anteater walk and run about freely.<br><br>Another great place to visit is Quistococha. This is a lake with a nice ...

... worse than in the Dominican Republic, the temp went above 90, the shade disappeared, motocarros slowed and asked if I wanted a ride, and cars kicked up dust as they whizzed by. I took tons of water breaks and yet was so drenched in sweat that it looked like I&#8217;d been swimming. I finally hit my two hour completion point, which was also the end of my patience, and asked a guy how much it cost in a motocarro to the Golf course. He pointed to the yellow sign on the corner ...

... use blow darts. They take some of this liquid and put it in a bottle. Then before they shoot they dip the dart in this liquid. If they shoot a monkey it will jump around like normal and make lots of noise. And then a minute later its muscles will get tight and it will fall out of the trees and it will be dead. They cut around the poison and cook the food. I have only had food cooked this way once-I had to try it. I don&#8217;t know how they cut the poisoned meat from the ...

... off to sleep-and headed out to the boat. Eric and I loaded up with deet, and we began to grumble that it was more an attractant than a repellent. Despite being 95 degrees F, we had put on long sleeved shirts, pants, socks, covered every inch of skin we could. It turned out he wasn&#8217;t just trying to make us feel better and that he was actually right-the bug infestation died down a bit at the campsite and the river wasn&#8217;t nearly as bad. <br> We got in the boat and ...

... hunting methods with the blowpipe (they even let me have a go - I was rubbish). We went for a walk in the jungle with our guide and I discovered that the rainforest is really squelchy (this shouldn't really have been a surprise if I'd thought about it, but it really was). Saw some really big trees that have lots of different uses for the indigenous people. And also saw some interestng wildlife that was quite cool (sloths, saddle-back tamarins, squirrel monkeys). Also ...

... As we stroll around for about an hour we run across a stand selling birds, turtals and monkeys! As we watch them, this little baby monkey pops his head out of a bag. This baby monkey is a little larger than a bic lighter. He stares at me in the cutest way. I ask how much, and the lady say 20 sols. 20 SOLS, that is 7 american dollars. I cant resist and make the purchase. Yes, at this moment, i have a baby monkey in my pocket. I do not know what i will do with him ...

... The water is mirror flat and it's hard to tell where the water ends and the trees begin. I can't tell you how many photos of this phenomenon I took but they really don't do the place justice. I the evenings Don Edson would find a likely spot to tie the boat and we would eat our meal and pass a relaxing evening until bedtime. One evening we went canoeing after dark and spotted a few things but less ...

... life in the jungle. The second morning we woke and after an ernomous breakfast that neither of us could finish we headed in to the jungle by canoe navigating through the tall trees along the way Falcon explains the us the trees, folage and more amazingly the animal nosies we hear contanslty, Falcon knows them all and even talks with them, its truley amazing. We saw monkeys and many different types of birds before heading back for lunch. Before heading our after lunch one of the ...

... not to stay. There was a decent road through the jungle to the next village, although the extremely high water levels had also affected this part of our trip, and we had to wade about 30 yards through a pond to get to one of the bridges in the area. A genuine 'bridge to nowhere'! <br> But Samito, the village on the other side, was a truly lovely place. Quite large for a river town, with some 2,000 inhabitants, most of whom appeared to be under ...