Iquitos Hostels

... 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 ...

... to take some photos but there was no way I was getting my camera out in that area. I went hunting for one of the hostels that Gerald recommended and eventually found it. It was only 3 soles more a night and 10 times better than the other one. Of ...

... 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. ...

... attention as we came out and before we knew what was happening, there were ten or more guys crowded around Damian waving brochures for hostels and offering taxi rides into town, the rest of us could only watch in awe as he dealt with them, waving off the ...

... would take me away from Iquitos, even if it took a bit more time. Now my sights turn back to Peru, first stop: the largest town in the world not accessible by road. I've heard a lot about Iquitos, and I'm curious to see how it handles my ...

... canoes were better, steadier and more comfortable, and the ratio of guests to each guide was lower.  Travelling the 140km from Iquitos to the Lodge in a speedboat, another aspect of the tour would prove to be of a much higher quality - the quantity ...

... the bus dropped me off in a Coaca, a little city at the end of the road and on the edge of Amazon Jungle. There were no cheap hostels listed in the lonely planet and as usual I had not booked ahead so I was not in a good position when I arrived on the ...

... that a little research can result in better lodging for less cost. With that in mind, after looking at two dormitory-style hostels (one decidedly grungier than the other for the same price), we decided to split forces. I stayed with our luggage on a ...

... Oct. Had a lovely nights sleep and got up around 8.30am and headed down to breakfast. This morning scrambled eggs, in Peru most hostels provide B&B which is usually bread and jam, but here we get the choice of scrambled or fried eggs and bread and ...

... to Bogota the same way it would cost half the dollars but I would spend four days in transit. And then Ill take a boat from Iquitos to the Brasilian/Colombian border and then take a flight from Leticia all the way up to either Bogota or Cartagena. I hear ...

... our minds and organising our boat to Manaus. We were staying with a family subdivided home stay which was quite cool.  All hostels seemed to operate on a standard price per room/dorm, we were basically paying the same (40000 a night) for a twin room ...

... finding a hostel in the "backpacker" area of the city, which at the price was not easy, we could not believe what some of the hostels were trying to charge, even up to 20 pounds for a double room, we though hang on a minute, this is Bolivia, is nt ...

... on. He was flying out to join his Peruvian wife and her family for Jewish new year, and if I was passing through Iquitos I was welcome. A generous and momentarily inviting offer, but a little perusal of my guidebook came up with the following: ...

... nbsp;huge dunes immediately behind town. We spent the first couple of hours of our time in Huanchaco doing the usual recki of hostels and hotels until finally Sarah found a hostel that let us camp in the back garden. We were both excited, more so ...

... by seeing Machu Picchu and various other archaeological sites. Then, we are booked to fly to the north of Peru (a town called Iquitos) on Tuesday and hope to catch a boat through the Amazon into Colombia. There, we will hopefully meet our friend Rachel. ...

... plan except to hoover up as much of the marching powder as humanly possible. He summed up the side to travelling through Colombia's hostels and party hot spots that I had particularly enjoyed and I was glad when he went off in search of some action. Greg ...

... Places I Never Made It To (Which Must Be Done In The Future!!) 1)      The Amazon River from Iquitos to Belem 2)      The Chaco and Pantanal areas of Paraguay 3)      Lake ...