Iquitos Hostal

... its one. Also being the place where 90% of the worlds cocaine is processed after being harvested in the coca fields of Peru, Iquitos used to have a international airport but so much coke was being moved through it that the FBI soon poked their nose in and ...

... for most people) drives the hunters to go out and capture more to sell in the market. There are many different lodge options around Iquitos and after much research we settled on a mid-range one in terms of price that was quite a way from town. It becomes ...

... and wondered where the bloody hell I was - Then the memory banks fired up the little bulb in me head and I remembered I was in Iquitos... I managed to get here intact with all my luggage, which had spent the day at Lima airport - The tossers at ...

... to pre book, there was little availability to fly out of there. We had more than a week of waiting in Iquitos before we could get on a plane up to Cartagena, Colombia - and that was Christmas Eve. Unfortunately it wasn't really feasible ...

... spend time relaxing in our hammocks on the boats. The first step of our journey was to find transport from Coca Ecuador to Iquitos in Peru. This route is not well traveled by anybody, traveler or local and the boat listed in the Lonely Planet that makes ...

... . There are some pavillions and it is very popular with the local youth, who come to swim, play football and volleyball. In Iquitos itself, the ‘floating city’ of Belén is definitely worth a visit. Because of the rising water levels, the ...

... , the heat hit us! It's 'winter' and the dry season, but temps are about 30deg with 150% humidity! Quite a change after chilly Lima! Iquitos is the largest city in the world that is not accessible by road, only by aeroplane and boat. It's slap bang in the ...

... (plaza Armas of course) so I drank beers and people watched and ordered the tex-mex chilli with crackers. Did I say I quite like Iquitos? Well, I do.  It`s got more life and bustle in it than anywhere else I have been in Peru (I don`t count Cusco as ...

After disagreeing with our guide as to returning to the same hotel we intitally stayed in, in Iquitos. He took us to the cheaper Hospedaje El Aguila on Jr Sgto Lores No. 283 3er piso, one block away from the Plaza de Armas. We ended up staying here for a ...

... When we reboarded the plane the flight attendants were chuckling at us like we were on TV´s Bloopers. An hour later we arrived in Iquitos and checked into our quaint little hotel just about a few feet from the river. We met a nice man on the plane ...

... from Iquitos in the National Reserve in an area of primary rainforest, potentially offering a much better wildlife viewing experience. I loved Iquitos. It had an energetic vibe, and I could have quite happily spent a few nights trawling the local bars. ...

... trip, mostly punctuated by reading, lots of jungle watching, and just admiring the river.  After 3 days, we arrived in Iquitos. The city was surprisingly clean and organized, but is overrun with the Motocarros, the three wheel taxis.  They´re ...

Almost a waste of paying for accommodation, we woke up at 2.15am for our boat to Iquitos. Being such great morning people we were very excited about this.  We got a taxi to Tabatinga (Brazil) where it's possible to get a boat that early in the ...

... hundreds (thousands?) of kilometres from the ocean. Loco! That morning I headed to the market in Belen, the poorest district of Iquitos and with a notorious reputation. You're not really supposed to go alone, but I was too cheap to fork out for a ...

... from France, though the resident mouse indicated that the class had faded from the building. Next day we had a little explore round Iquitos. Felt very different to Andean Peru, and the hundreds of tuk tuks made it seem what we imagined Asia seems like. ...

...  and the little faces that looked through our curtains and longingly at our food - I liked the solitariness of our little room in Hostal Colibri, plus it had a tv. But just for one night. Then we went into the jungle proper. With lions and ...

... half the size it used to be and it isn't even that much fresher but at least ants don't get stuck in it anymore! Iquitos really feels like a jungle city especially when you look out over the river. We made friends with a small parakeet that lives in the ...

We´re in the middle of the amazonian jungle at last! We have been staying in a town called Iquitos which is the largest city in the world with no roads out - it´s linked by waterways and air only. Consequently there are very few cars here, mostly small ...