By Luke, on May 5, 2011, 6:00 am
Gosh I’ve been a busy little bee! I am completely cream crackered! It’s a bit of a struggle to remember everything but I will do my best to fill you in on the highlights.
We spent a few days in cusco before the inca trail. Supposedly relaxing and resting but as per usual we ended up walking around for miles and miles. The historic centre of cusco is really nice. It feels like it’s just a small town within a city. The only let down is that you cannot walk two steps in the centre without being hassled by someone to buy something. Obviously I understand they are just doing their jobs but after 4 days of it, it was driving me nuts! We had a guy selling paintings which Luke showed some interest in so he followed us for about an hour. He even sat outside a cafe An Email Home, Cusco and the Inca Trail
By Luke, on May 2, 2011, 12:35 pm
After taking the boat to Iquitos from Yurimagus we caught the plain back and headed for Ecuador from Tarapoto, this journey took us 1.5 days but could easily take 2 and maybe 3 if their where problems with the roads.
Tarapoto to Jaen, Peru
We caught the bus direct with the Fernandez bus company, ask moto taxi to take you to Terminal Morales in Tarapoto. The bus passes through Pedro Ruiz, so if you wanted to get to Equador from Chachapoyas it would be no problem, moto taxi’s go from one block past the market in Chachapoyas to Pedro Ruiz. The bus from Tarapoto to Jaen took us 10 hours and cost 40 Soles.
Jaen to San Ignacio, Peru
Our bus arrived at 3 in the morning and we where able to stay at the bus depot until 5 when the town woke up. From terminal in Jaen we Peru to Ecuador, Boarder at La Balsa
By Luke, on April 28, 2011, 3:57 am
48 hours ago I was sat watching the Amazon rainforest fly bye on the speed boat destined for Iquitos thinking back to when I used to dream about the place as a teenager. It’s almost exactly how I imagined it, the river is huge and brown, tree line varied and never the same and although I can’t hear it now the sounds are deafening. I was leaving and the moment of reflection was poinient.
43 hours ago we ha arrived at a local bar in Iquitos to grab something to eat and for a drink to celebrate completing 2 weeks volunteering for amazon cares. Not wanting to stay out late due to our long days of travelling ahead we tried to only stay for a couple of drinks. Finally hitting the pillow at 4 in the morning we where grossly unsuccessful.
36 hours ago we said our farewells to 48 hours of change, The journey from Peru to Ecuador
By Katherine, on April 25, 2011, 6:11 pm
 Hola,
We finally arrived in la Paz after a bus trip which ended up being 23 hours instead of 10. We spent a couple of days exploring la paz. We had booked a tour of the worlds most dangerous road on the Saturday. We got to the office at 7.15am as arranged. We waited and waited and nobody arrived. All sorts of things were going through our heads about it being a scam. Finally the other couple gave up hope and left at 8.45 so we thought we would go too. When they finally opened the office at about 11am we were waiting for them. The had 650 Bolivianos of our money! It turns out that our guide had a bike accident in the way to meet us. Probably a good thing he never made it to work. If he can’t ride his bike to work how is he An email Home, La Paz to Cusco
By Luke, on April 19, 2011, 11:39 pm
We have just spent two days working with dogs and cats in Amazonian communities near Iquitos. As a group we are shattered, the continual early mornings, working and wanting to make the most of the time we have in the jungle has begun to take it’s tole.
Based at ExplorNapo lodge we have travelled by boat to Sanpedro and Tamanco which are to small communities along the amazon river, each are around 20 minutes from the lodge.
This afternoon I successfully captured a dog in the village of Tamanco. The dog was in poor condition with severe mange. When I inquired as to how the dog had come to be freely roaming in such a remote village I was told that the original owners had decided they no longer wanted it a kicked it out. When asked if we could sterilise the dog originally they did not want Treating dogs in amazon communities
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