we had a flight from Lima to 6.20, went without problems. Along the way, incredible views - Andy emerged from the clouds in the light of the rising sun ... Shortly
of Iquitos. The city lies deep in the Amazon jungle, the Amazon River itself. The city is big, once I was rich (trade in rubber and oil), is now poor. I live firmly in tourism, now there is the season of tourists is not enough, a big tourist supply of services. Iquitos is the largest city in the world to whom I did not carry out any way you can get a plane or boat. Stocks in Iquitos almost no cars, there's a lot of motorbikes and motor-rickshaws (s?). So much for the time being of Iquitos.
landed about 8.00. Megagoraco! And humid! This is very sad for the people mix. You can not relax, the man lying on the bed in the hostel, the fan and we sweat. And the sun does not shine much, because it is fog and clouds, and how it comes out from behind the clouds until it is hot ...
Iquitos first task - to find a hostel. We have selected something at random from the Lonely Planet guide, even at the airport. Exit the airport and literally attacked us some 10 jegomosciow, przekrzykujacych August, which is in May and for how many vehicles we will drive to the center. We have chosen one, who had a combo (not a small 3-bed la motor rickshaw full of need here.) The estate had to 20 years, riddled by rust, no door handles, both from within and from outside, the absence of some windows. Many other vehicles were in a similar state. The driver on the road spoke by mobile phone, we got to the hostel after 20 minutes, for 15 PLN. Hostel called unless Meflo (or something similar, then check and improve), is in the center, 25 PLN, without breakfast. Hostel looks like a dozen years ago was a hospital, a long corridor high on two floors, one side of the high wall, on the other evenly spaced rooms with windows on that corridor (outside the windows is not). The two rooms with bunks, a large windmill and bright tiles to 1.5 meters high, and a toilet. It looks like an ugly bathroom or the hospital already. Ew. As in the prison of relaxed stringency.
The second task, more important - to find a guide, with whom go to the jungle. As soon as we left the taxi, the first official reception hostel, the first attack. Sympathetic older you a dark complexion, he said:
- How are you?
- With Polish.
- The Polish? How Cejrowski! I traveled with him!
- With Cejrowskim!! Seriously?
- Yes, you have time to talk about it?
- Ok, we'll leave backpacks and'll be right back!
Well, we came back. We think they are great luck, chance and fluke! The Lord took us to his home, then offered juices, telling where we can take in the jungle, and for how much. As we wanted to see pictures of this gentleman with Mr. Wojtek Cejrowskim, it said that in August he broke the camera, I say to him, lest he gave me a card with this camera is watch the pictures with me, and he, as someone already gave the card and gone! Strangely ... After all, we were almost resolved, lest it just to go to the jungle, but we told him that we have yet to check a few other options and we will let him know in a few hours. We went (same) taxi to the center. On the way skojarzylismy, the taxi driver rang somewhere surely as he rode with us to the hostel, and surely that is what I called the guide, looks like it knew well. This time, This same taxi driver took us to the most colorful travel agency in the city. A-ha, you probably want us to show the contrast, the most expensive offer for us to take advantage of that earlier. That's what it was. Here was 3 times more expensive - were a luxury lodge in the jungle in comparison the hammocks from the first minute. We definitely wanted to have closer contact with nature, so the first offer us the answer was more, knew about it and the first taxi driver and tour guide. We gave in August so I do not frame up on this simple trick Sales ("Lord is here and superfajna superdroga offer, but this expensive you do not recommend, buy it cheaper from me") and found that as is the supply of services przewodniczych, it will check a few other . We went out to the travel agency i. .. as for us naskoczyli!! At the entrance to the office a few people zaczepialo us and asked from where we are, what we replied politely. At this point, we were ambushed by several men shouting in August - "Senor de Polonia, references from Poland, best offer, pick me, pick me! ", etc. have not eaten breakfast yet, so I odeslalismy all saying that we will eat and come back with them to talk. One of them pressed the book into my hands with references, references open in Polish, and there's caption:" Moises es excellente guido. Wojciech Cejrowski. "I told you I'd be willing to talk with him, but how we eat. On the way to the restaurant have followed several guides for us, every moment entered the apartment looking or already finished eating. As soon as we have postponed three cutlery przysiadlo August, and already told jegomosciow of the jungle, and already showed the pics ... we had it quite slowly. Odeslalismy them. He came again. Low, muscular like Stallone in the best of times, with some great beast clamps around your neck, black long curly hair, black t-shirt. Such a macho version of Crocodile Dundee! Kolo asks whence we are, we are with him in Polish, he said with a broad smile, as he traveled with Polish television crew for 3 weeks! We him to do so, the book is to show and chat with references (already knew that they all have such books.) Dundee ran out of restaurants after the book. Also we left once more, the accosted us, all odsylalismy, because we had had enough of listening to a trip (the programs are almost identical, similar sites, a similar standard, like the price difference = guides). We found that the wait for Dundee'ego, because he had the biggest biceps and relied again on (I think) Cejrowski (if everyone here know him? Maybe he traveled with them all (Three), but can simply lie, in order to sell a trip?) After 10 minutes, Dundee came back from the chap, whom we met earlier, with that of the notebook with references to Mr. Wojtek. That is not the three offices are familiar with it, and two correctly, you get two versions of each other's confirmed, do not lie - can actually traveled with Cejrowskim? If they chose it, I mean that they are good, then we surely we should choose them ... (Cejrowski devoted one episode of his program, "Barefoot," a guide in selecting the Iquitos already). We go to them to the office, the rest odeslalismy. They showed us a notebook with references, we found other positive comments from the Poles. May I ask whether the Internet had. I open the pictures, it shows a man accidentally is pictured - Is Cejrowski? Si, Si, Senor! Well, quite a good hoax ... I open the photo Cejrowski, I ask: Is this Cejrowski? Answer the same ... Already we had to go out, when you entered the room, who gave the name Moises. He looks at the monitor and says: "Oh, Antonio!" and I'm smiling! Who read the book Lord Wojtek, knows that among the Indians he has applied the name of his grandfather, Anthony, because it was easier to pronounce. Most of the local authorities to find him in this very name! Moises Wypytalismy about his traveling to the toilet, corresponded with flying colors. Turns out, however, that he already does not drive as a guide. However, in the end we purchased a trip in this office, we go there with fibroids Dundee'm (forgot his real name) and the head of the whole travel agency, from our side only four of us. After negotiations, we pay 475 PLN per person for six days in the jungle (2 lodge'yi 3 nights in hammocks in the field), transport of 220 km up the Amazon River from Iquitos, two guides, full board and lots of attractions on the ground (will be fishing piranhas, swimming with pink dolphins, survival, night march through the jungle, birds, monkeys, spiders, frogs, snakes and alligators, and no mosquitoes)!
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