Waira Suites Hotel
Travel Blogs from Leticia
From Brazil to Perú
... hotel a las 2.30 am. La lancha rápida saldría a las 4am, pero tenían que hacer todas las inspecciones primero. El marido de la recepcionista del hotel me llevó en moto hasta el puerto. Estaba oscuro, y había muy poca gente alrededor. ¡Sentía que estaba haciendo algo ilegal! Tuve que caminar unos 15 largos metros a través de las tablas de madera hasta la barca que estaba esperando para llevarme a mi y a otra gente hasta el otro lado del río, de donde la lancha rápida ...
Boat Trip through the Amazon
... someone else.
Apparently this episode was not completely out of the ordinary because there was a set of handcuffs kept on the ship, I can only assume for this purpose, and screaming-drunk-man was soon attached to a post on the lower deck.
When we all originally boarded the boat all of our belongings were searched by police. Two days later the boat was boarded by more police and military intending to do yet another search.
There had been a few ...
Leticia, Columbia
... sojourn. The three of us get into a rickety, wonky tuk-tuk, perhaps the most scary experience of my travels so far. I clutch hold of its metal frame firmly, certain that it is going to tip over. We travel through thick mud and up and down hills to get to Santa Rosa. This border town is made up of shanty huts on platforms and above the little paved road are small carnival-type flags fluttering. We get our stamps out of Peru and then head back to the river so that we can cross ...
Out of the jungle...
... a horrible place it was. We got a taxi to a very odd hostel where the guy showed us a tatty overpriced room and harped on about the lake and the grounds and the fact there was no need to go into the jungle if you stayed here....clearly unstable as it was hardly the amazon jungle in his back yard! We then set off into the town looking for a place to stay...a dodgy hotel full of local men and a grubby weird place later and we found somewhere that was just ...
31.5 reissupäivä 98: Amazon joki, Peru
... bussin saapuvan perille huomattavasti myöhemmin. Nettikahviloita, joista olisimme voineet tarkastella majoitusvaihtoehtoja, ei luonnollisesti tuohon aikaan ole auki. Onneksi yhden bussiyhtiön tiskillä istunut virkailija oli ystävällinen ja antoi meidän käyttää heidän firmanettiä, jonka ansiosta onnistuimme poimimaan kordinaatit majapaikkaan, jossa lopulta vietimme kaikki neljä yötä Cuscossa.
Cusco oli aikoinaan Incojen suurin ja tärkein kaupunki. Mielenkiintoiseksi ...