Yacumama Rainforest Lodge Iquitos

... when my bag became the only one still going round and round the carousel (joking), but I had to go back through customs, after interrogation, pick up the bag and then open it for scanning and searching.<br>The flight from Lima was about 1.5 hours up the jungle, eventually descending in total darkness into a huge town on the banks of the Amazon river, Iquitos is the biggest town in the world that is not connected ...

... of their lives in the river. Days of sweat and dirt come off with a few back flips off the dock. We next canoed our stuff back out to the Amazon river and caught a motorized taxi back to Nauta. On the boat with us were a Canadian and an Argentinean. They had just done a similar trip to us but they had actually gone all the way into the village by themselves to find a own guide. They hadn&#8217;t been able to swim in the Amazon yet and were very ...

... squish all the termites to make an effective natural insect repellent. We mimicked and squished a few termites on our own skin. It would not be until later that we would fully appreciate a good insect repellent. <br> Near the end of our walk Falcon pointed out the base on a larger tree. First, lets point out the trees in the jungle are tall. Some easily towering no less than 100 meters above. Because of the annual flooding, the soil is permanently soft. So ...

<br><br> We spent the last three days on Eduardo VIII, a cargo/passenger boat. We are on our way to Iquitos, a northeastern Peruvian city nestled in the Amazon rainforest and inaccessible by road. The boats run from a town called Yurimaguas, and down the Rio Maranon. This river later leads into the Amazon, to Iquitos, and then through Brazil and on to the Atlantic Ocean. <br><br> We came to Yurimaguas by night bus, bought our boat tickets, and then headed back ...

... to admit i was slightly amused when one of the teenage bus attendents started pashing one of the teenage passengers on the back seat of the bus! Anyway by this time it was dark, and after numerous warnings from many people not to travel at night (it is a common drug trafficking route), we decided to stop the night, managing to again be hasseled by taxi drivers and the like before walking across the road to the nearest hostel we could find. The ...

... we could see the small huts of the local farmers. It got so narrow that vegetation was rubbing up against the boat, and it was truly beautiful. As jungly as you could want it, without the chiggers. Hooray!<br><br> Alas, over to soon, we had to head back. We were rewarded with more dolphins, this time the Grey Dolphin, and then Pinks again. Thorougly satisfied, we returned to the hot and muggy city, ready to escape Iquitos and head back to Lima. <br>

... years ago on TV. And, sure enough, we spotted quite a few. In fact, they were particularly playful and we enjoyed a half hour oohing and aahing every time they leaped out of the water. however, they are difficult to photograph - very quick and you never know where they will surface next...so despite taking over 50 photos, none turned out. No mater, it was a site I'll v ever forget and the perfect closing to a wonderful trip.

... get to them. A little annoying and inconvient but this is the jungle. On the last night we decided to try the ayausca ceremony which this area is famous for and involves a shamen (witch docter) ayausca is two differnent tree branchs, one creates a sick feeling which leads you to throw up cleansing your stomach and the other creates a hallucinagenic experiences. The shamen came at night because that is when all is more quiet, we sat in a room all with plenty of space between us and ...

... Way was draped across the sky like an enormous, brilliant, white cloud. The only other time I was able to see a starry night like that was in&#8230; Peru! That was during my hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. With our flashlights we discovered a number of animals by lighting up their eyes. This included a young female white caiman, several birds and even a pair of mating dragon flies! At night we slept at the house of Pedro ...