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Iquitos, the charming little capital of Peru's Loreto Department, is known as the most populous city in the world to have no overland routes. To reach Iquitos, you must either fly in, or come by boat via the Amazon River. Surrounded by the rainforest, Iquitos is a disarming mix of wilderness and neon boomtown, alive with throngs of birds and the soft colors of the equatorial sunrise in the morning, yet buzzing with legions of tuk-tuk-esque motocaros at night.
Iquitos is named for the tribe that originally inhabited the area, but the city was officially founded in 1750 by Jesuit missionaries. By the 19th century, the rubber boom brought in an influx of wealth, and established the city as a major jungle outpost. Today, Iquitos is a base for Amazon tourism, and is the home of many companies offering trips to remote jungle lodges. Other sights in Iquitos include the floating village of Belen, Gustave Eiffel's Iron House and the Iglesia Matriz. Amazon trips from Iquitos offer chances to fish for piranha, to go for machete-led walks into the jungle, to canoe by moonlight, and to view a multitude of wildlife, including pink dolphins, sloths and monkeys.
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Oct 21, 2007 - Apr 06, 2008
Iquitos, Peru -› -› ...
Hi friends, I am back in Iquitos Peru. Sorry I haven't posted here lately. I do better when I can obsess on one or two problems. I have been working on too many problems. I had to decide which were most important and work on those. This blog suffered. Now I want to report what my crew and I have been working on.We are rebuilding our Amazon riverboat, Dawn on the Amazon I. It is longer and wider and can sleep more guests than before. We improved the balance by installing a 100 gallon gas...
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Jun 15, 2007 - Oct 11, 2007
Last day! Today we were assured that we'd be covering the shortest leg and that it wasn't nearly as far to the finish line at Bellavista-Nanay port. Since the information came from the recreation director, the Peruvian that had been the most helpful all along, I was more inclined to believe him. He said that we only had a 5 or 6 hour trip ahead of us. We'd start out following a shortcut and then swing back into the main river before following a long slow bend all the w...
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Jun 08, 2005 - Jul 27, 2008
Iquitos, Peru -› Paracas, Peru -› ...
I went to Iquitos in order to attend to a business course. Anyway, I could spend a free Sunday just before going back home. My flight was scheduled at 9am, but a friend who lives there offered to show me around Iquitos. He asked me, what are you gonna do in Lima?
Mmm, he was right. I had no plans. So I decided to stay and enjoy a nice day. We didn´t have much time, but tried to do our best. Iquitos is a very warm city, well it´s in the rainforest. We visited Quistococha a park with a beaut...
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Jun 16, 2006
Everything started like that..my ex boyfriend told me..lucecita dont u want to have a different experience?? dont u want to go with me to the jungle?? And my adventurous spirit couldn't resist! Once my plane arrived i saw the smallest airport in my life! hahaha..and it was sooooo hot! People there speak pretty different from people from Lima..or from other places in Peru..we call the 'charapas'. We went on a tour..3 days in a lodge..and two camping! can u believe that?? just a tend(not exactl...
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