#peruvian rainforest

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Lake Sandoval, Puerto Maldonado, Peru: Lake Sandoval is a lake in Peru, close to the city of Puerto Maldonado, part of the Madre de Dios in the Amazon basin. There is a touristic hike from the river Madre de Dios to the lake. On the way if you're lucky, you might see parrots, macaws and some other species from the rain forest. Wikipedia

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Selva amazónica, un paraiso natural! 

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Niños disfrutando del ambiente (tunchi playa) que ofrece el complejo turistico Quistococha, Iquitos

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18: Where else can you..

JUNE 14,2011 / IQUITOS, PERU

BELEN. FLOATING SHACKS TOWN + MARKET.

Where else can you do all of the following in one day:

1. Locate an Ayahuasca master without an address in the morning

2. Hold an anaconda stuffed carcass in the afternoon

3. Have fist-size snail and Amazon fish for lunch

4. Consume an herbal psychedelic brew that supposedly will fix your spirit

Only here.

Found our Mopacho. To be smoked in case Ayahuasca gets out of hand.

Turtle..  :(

I thought these fish were the sexiest fish I've ever seen.

Lunch.

Guess how much this little dude costed? 20 Soles. About US$7.50 or €5.

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17: The Holy Map

JUNE 13, 2011 / IQUITOS, PERU

IQUITOS AIRPORT. BAGGAGE CLAIM.

What on earth were you thinking?

There is not ONE girl from this flight has flown in on her own, not even a Peruvian.. And you? Obviously young, obviously alone, obviously foreign, obviously lost, and in the middle of the Amazon?

These bags I have strapped and buckled all across my body seem worthless right about now..  Do they kidnap people here? What if I get kidnapped by my taxi driver? I don't have enough credit to call anyone from my Chilean mobile.. Even if I do, who am I going to call? Do I call my parents all the way in Indonesia to find me in the Amazon rainforest? Do they even have proper addresses here? 

What in Buddha's name were you thinking?

  STOP.

  This is not the Lost TV series. This is Peru. You've done this before and you know what to do just fine. Look around.

Look.

 2 boys over there..

That one looks like he's holding a.. 

A MAP!!!

"Hey, can I see your map? I'm looking for an address of a hostel I plan to stay in."

They were Michael, a 20-year old Austrian, owner of the map; and Ariel, a 31-year old Argentinian. Both single travelers, both started talking because of Michael's map--This whole map thing bringing people together is too good. I just have to be on the mapless side all the time.

"You guys don't know where you're staying yet?"

Please stay with me. Please stay with me.

"Well, I'm staying here because it's only about 100 meters away from this shaman's house. I plan to do an ayahuasca ceremony."

"You know of a shaman?" Ariel, the Argentinian, lit up. "That's what I'm here for.."

Brilliant.

"Yeah.. And he's a Shipibo Indian. The real deal.."

"That's it. You're taking me."

"I need someone to help me in translation during the ceremony. I'll take you, but you will have to be my translator."

"Deal."

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Team Iquitos: Argentina, Austria, Indonesia.