Leticia, deep in the jungle... not quite
Trip Start
Jan 06, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 20, 2008
Leticia,
Colombia
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Pilar and I will leave tomorrow morning for a 3 days, 2 nights trip in the jungle, first by boat and then on foot. That should be amazing. Special note for mum: on est encadre et c´est un coin securise donc pas d´inquietude mais pas de contacts jusqu´au 1 decembre au soir (2 decembre en Europe).
1st December and we´re back. The trip was very good and we really enjoyed our time but were hugely disappointed by what they describe as jungle and that is a very young forest, way too humanized to home any interesting animals.
I still have many mental images of Guyana from 20 years ago and taking into account the exaggeration of souvenirs so way back, it was millions times better. During the 3 days, the main wildlife was in the camp with papagayos and monkeys, making the walks boring and frustrating.
Still, there was a jungle feeling and the 2 nights out were a success with cayman spotting the first time and spiders the second. The group was tiny (5 people, including us), the food was good and the guides knowledgeable so we had a good time. Also, on our way back, we saw two pink dolphins in the Amazone river, very lucky.
If you don´t know what the jungle is, never watched animal wildlife on TV, have very low expectations and want to spend a lot of money just to arrive, GO to Leticia. If not, chose another spot!
2nd Dec: Back to Popayan for a couple of days (via Bogota and Cali) before going to drive into Coffee region.
