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Peru
QuickPeek: Boat Ride. Border Crossing.
Amazon Journey Day 12 Yesterday night the boat had a really long stop at a small town called Caballo Cocha. It was a strange one and we had a few hours to get off the boat and walk about. It… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride.
Amazon Journey Day 11 Maria Fernanda II, the spiffy new boat we had taken was a serious upgrade indeed. After considering our options, we decided to take a cabin with 2 bunk beds. Hammocking was 70 soles for which they… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Iquitos. Bike ride. Boat ride.
Amazon Journey Day 10 My legs were stiff and hurting and I couldn’t get a decent position on the hammock to relax them nor sleep. It was tossing and turning constantly and waiting for the night to be over, really…. Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Pig Tales. Boat Ride. Patience.
Amazon Journey Day 9 More of the same old, same old. The time on the cramped boat is an exercise in extreme patience and I have moved to a low power mode to just ride it out. There is no… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Pig Tales. Boat Ride
Amazon Journey Day 8 Today’s news in brief. Pig got out of the pen and wreaked havoc on the fore deck. People from all parts of the ship gathered to witness the recapture of the beast. After a bit of… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride
Amazon Journey Day 7 I was up at 6 Am and checked out the toilets in the boat. Surprisingly it was cleaner than I had expected. I was also surprised that there was a lot of unloading activity on board…. Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 6 So after a few days here, with nothing to do, things gotten slower. We had a bit of b’fast at Edgar’s, read a book, walk about and watch the boat stationary, head back to watch some… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 5 I woke up at 7 and walked about, of course hoping the boat was still there. Well, it was and the cargo seemed to have been untouched, I met Ricardo who was walking about and chatted… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 4 It’s been a couple of days of waiting in Pantoja and we were told that the ‘big’ slow boat would show up, Out assurance was that people in the village are waiting for supplies and they… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 3 It wasn’t the most comfortable of beds and the thin mattress compressed down to the slats and I woke up with a stiff back. I suppose given I am stuck here till the boat arrives, I’d… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride. Wait for boat.
Amazon Journey Day 2 We had a boat ready to take us across the border from Nuevo Rocafurte to the Peruvian border town of Pantoja. Fernando,The guy we had set up the travel with, was a friendly chap. Actually pretty… Continue Reading →
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