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Travel Blogs from Iquitos
The peruvian amazon
... She hosted me like a queen, as well as all her niece and nephews living with her. I only stayed two days, but had time to see a lot of the city. Fernando, the nephew, took me on a tour arround the city on his motobike (of course without helmet!).
It's hard to explain, but between all the dirt, chaos, dust and insistent "tourisitc guides", I found the city charming!
Mototaxis
The first impression when I got out of the boat was decens of men ...
Piranie
... Aliego- naszego drugiego przewodnika ktory uponowal chyba z 15 rybek na obiad. Po poludniu ruszylismy w droge powrotna do loge, ogladajac po drodze najwieksze rosliny na swiecie tj. Victorias Reyes. Pogoda sie pogorszyla i mielismy szanse przezyc burze w dzungli, na wieczor nie ruszylismy juz na zadna wyprawe bo nastepnego dnia mielismy wstac z samego ...
Otorongo Lodge
We set off on our 2 hour boat ride up the Amazon river from Iquitos. The river is huge and it feels like we're boating on an ocean rather than a river. Along the way there are villages, small boats with people fishing and lots of trees. When we arrive its midday. The lodge has about 13 rooms, all under one big thatched roof and are separated by walls that don't quite reach the top so it feels like camping (very communal). We have a double room with a bathroom but it has no door and only a ...
The amazon
... that i couldn't bring myself to do it so i then just watched-atleast i tried! On the way back to the lodge we were constantly on the look out for animals and we managed to see some sloths in the trees. That evening after dinner we went on a night walk around the jungle at the back of the lodge. We had to wear wellie boots as the ground was flooded in parts and it was really scary as it was pitch black with only our little torches to light the way. We did the walk with ...
EN Coca to Iquitos on river Napo
... our immigration papers. We were told that it is out of working hours and that we need to come back at 8 am. We explained our situation and begged and managed to get our passports stamped later that night. We also organised boat to take us ...