By Luke, on April 23, 2011, 12:17 am
After a chat with our guide I retreat from the amazonian sun to the Amazon Cares mobile clinic. I am sitting in the back of a large single roomed house raised on stilts in order to deal with the amazons massive change in water hight of up to 12 meters. The back of the room where I sit is scattered with a couple of kennels and the four tables, all of varying hights which occupy the other half of half of the room serve as surgery, treatment and medication tables.
We are in a small village called Mazan about a 15 minute moto taxi ride from Indian which is 39km down river from Iquitos. Around 10 years ago the population was around 1000, today the population is between 5 and 7 thousand. The main reason for such rapid growth is the construction of a road from the Iquitos to Indiana. People from Mazan, northern Peru’s Amazon jungle
By Luke, on April 21, 2011, 3:23 am
Arriving at Ceiba Tops lodge i cant help but feel conflicted. Is this the jungle experience that I wanted when i planned to come to the amazon jungle? One thing i am sure of is that this is not what i had ever imagined. Its no surprise to me that a place like this exists but i never thought i would have the opportunity to stay here.
For the past 4 nights myself and the rest of the AmazonCares Volunteers have been staying in what i would call more than adequate accommodation. Arriving at Ceiba Tops you immediately realise that it is on another level. Air con, hot running water, concrete path ways, Jacuzzi and pool are a dead give away. As we got off the boat to take a shortcut overland between the river Napo and Amazon one of the other volunteers was obviously looking forward to our Conflicted in the Amazon Jungle
By Luke, on August 24, 2010, 12:45 pm
I have been reading some blog posts recently about travelers, written by travelers. The article that got me thinking about this was from the Nerdy Nomad who speculated whether some of the travel blogging community are braggers or inspiring. Please bare in mind that i am a newbie at this game, I have not had allot to do with travel blogging community other than read, i have not done any real adventure travel as yet but I don’t believe there is any clear answer to this one. People are individuals and express them selves to that effect. As far as i can tel what makes the travel writing/blogging world so interesting is that you have so many views and opinions kicking around. People continue to write about places, all the places that i am going to go to next year have been written about already, they will be wrote about again. We all have different perceptions of Travel writing, my style…
By Luke, on August 24, 2009, 3:00 pm
Its hard to know whatto expect from my travel journey around the world. I try to think about the reasons why I am making my Journey and its only natural to think about my expectations of travel – here’s a little more on the subject. Around the world Travel, Expectations
By Luke, on August 13, 2009, 9:00 pm
Welcome to the first edition of my Round the world blog carnival.
Matt has some light reading to start you off, Aparnetly there are 8 types of backpacker, What type of backpacker are you?
Katie Sorene presents 25 Signs that You’re a True Citizen of the World | Travel Blog – Tripbase posted at Travel Blog – Tripbase.
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Liz Wright presents Travelogged: The Best Views in Istanbul posted at Travelogged, saying, “This isn’t from a RTW trip, but it’s good advice for if you’re stopping in Istanbul on your way around the world.” One word about the pictures, WOW!
Chris presents The Tricycle Diaries – an Idea becomes Reality posted at nomad4ever. A journey through bali, what a way to explore a country.
One Family presents Cancun Trip Report posted at One Family’s Blog, saying, “A frugal family trip report to Cancun, Mexico.” This blog has some fantastic Around the World Blog Carnival #1
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