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Colombia is often showed as extremely dangereous. But I can tell you that this is not exactly true. Ofcourse there are still areas you better stay away but if you inform yourself well, there is no reason to stay away from this beautiful undiscovered country with it's great nature, people and culture. Colombia has everything to become a top destination for backpackers! Qué viva Colombia!

Hello all, I think the jungle really saps the energy out of me.  I have been very lethargic since I arrived in Tarapoto, Peru six days ago.  It's hard to muster up the ambition to leave my succesion of nice, cool rooms.  This morning was no exception.  I watched a few hours of american sitcoms with english subtitles, and the Shawshank Redemption in portugese.  I also played some Civilization IV on the laptop rather then leave the room.  I made it out just under ...

Actually, the title is a little bit misleading, but definitely true. We arrived to the tri-border and headed to Tabatinga on the Brazilian side to reserve a berth on our boat to Brazil and save some money by sleeping there a couple of nights before the boat got going (they always let you do that at all boats along the Amazon). Then we headed to Leticia, Colombia, which is a 5 minute car ride away from Tabatinga and the border is pretty much nonexistent: one policeman, holding a gun, lookingÂ...

Since we're at the 3 border point we couldn't resist going into Colombia for some coffee and pastries, especially after Nicole's rude expulsion the last time. I'm sure the Colombian authorities would not approve but we'll be long gone before they know.Now we'll go to Santa Rosa on the Peruvian side to find a hotel there because our speedboat leaves from there early tomorrow morning and by tomorrow afternoon we'll be in Iquitos.