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Hotel Golden Star Iquitos

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The amazon

A travel blog entry by nicolaandandy

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... heavy that we felt kind of hypnotised by it and just had to watch it.  The down pour at least cleared the humidity for a while-the weather was pretty typical for a rain forest the whole time we were there, humid and literally wet hot air which was occasionally relieved by a ridiculously heavy downpour of rain.  It was exactly what we had expected but it became a bit uncomfortable after a few days! Our lodge was lovely.  There was a main building where we ate and about 15 ...

3 iron or the machete??

A travel blog entry by bryanoboyle

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... rivers merge as the tributaries are generally darker water due to acid from dying vegetation whereas the water of Amazon itself is brown. The little boats are effectively long curraghs with light roofs for shade with beat up lawnmower engines pushing them along. In other words, you are going nowhere fast against the strong currents of the Amazon but it gives you a chance to look at the jungle spilling over the passing riverbanks. The river itself is very wide and ...

Multiple Foodgasms

A travel blog entry by atlpilot36

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... next best option. The Leticia journey is easy to put in perspective...add another hour and a 747 can travel between LAX and Sydney in same time it takes to transit that tiny section of the Amazon.

Other than the plane or fastboat, Iquitos really is up the creek without a paddle. The slowboat takes a full 3 to 4 days to reach small towns such Yurimaguas in the Peruvian hinterlands. From there multiple ...

CZ z Coca do Iquitos ( Noemova archa)

A travel blog entry by obrobr

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... vice a vice bananu atd. Druhy den jsme opet jen nakladali a nakladali. Jo a doslo PIVO!!!!! Mimo jine pristoupilo vice lidi a site uz zacinaly byt dost nahusto. Pri odpolednim nakladani bananu jsem si vsimnul ze Argetinec Ariel pomaha nakadat a tak jsem se take pridal. ...

EN Coca to Iquitos on river Napo

A travel blog entry by obrobr

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... one at the time and local women were laughing at me :o) I was sweating like a pig but it was nice to stretch a little!I forgot to mention that the boat cost us US$30 per head which also included 3 meals a day. We thought that was a bargain ...