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Babies Saved
... we went for walks and fell asleep at morning bird spotting rides but in all our time ‘adventuring‘ I think I spotted what I would call a shadow of a true jungle only once. We went to a reserve where the monkeys were so friendly we became impromptu trees. We also met some of the members of a traditional Jungle tribe living two hours into the forest. They showed us some of their dances and helped us to try using a blow gun, ...
Slums of Iquitos
... my stomach and got quite depressed with what I saw. I know I said I didn't think I had seen poor before, but this was poorer than I've seen in my life. Houses on stilts that lean dangerously to one side, people peeing on their chickens because there is no bathroom, dogs that are hairless from mange and neglect, smells that I can't even describe what might be causing them, garbage thrown in the standing water that is ...
Dead calm?
... it up, telling myself it's the Amazon, not the Atlantic.
In the dead of night, I climb aboard a rickety waterlogged vessel at Leticia 'port' that takes me a short hop over to an Isla Rosa - the boarding point for all speed boats heading downriver into the Amazon's hard to reach tributataries. The journey is long - 10 hours - with plenty of force against the tidal current that's gained strength in the rainy season. I've queued with 10 others on a desolate pier in a blanket ...
Big butterflies, a mental market and rocky roads
... thing probably was the live animals for sale. There were tortoises being ******* on by balding parrots that were crammed in the same cage, there was a little monkey in that cage too that we got offered for s10 which is about £2.50. It makes you half tempted to buy them to set them free but they´d probably get caught again and also then you´re giving money to the horrible industry. It was also sad seeing a bigger monkey who was tied down by his tail and baby ...
Peru - Iquitos
... to be a private bathroom, it was basically a partition with tiles on it that didn't even reach the ceiling and was opposite a window with no curtains so everyone could see you do your business and shower. Luckily the shower was broke so we got to use the communal bathroom!! We duct taped our blanket across the window to maintain privacy on the toilet if you're wondering.
Our host was slightly crazy and had ...
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