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3 days in the jungle
(Jun 30 '06)
"After breakfast we started out on our long day into the jungle. The first stop was monkey island where we passed people panning for gold, took a nice little hike, and saw exactly zero monkeys. Oh well, on to Lake Sandoval."
In the jungle, the mighty jungle....
(Jul 13 '06)
Day 1: After another early start, and a very short flight to Puerto Maldonado (otherwise known as the middle of nowhere) we arrived at Tambopata jungle, part of the rainforest. It was sweltering, and ...
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Blue People and Burning Skin Part 2 - Belated Jungle Entry
(Mar 31 '06)
"in the middle of a lake, in the Amazon, in a big ass jungle rain storm"
Lights go out t 9:30 in the jungle, so we went to bed exhausted and early on our first night. The morning wake up call was ...
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I’ve just spent a couple of days in the Amazon jungle which was quite
interesting as I learnt a few things about myself... I don’t like monkeys and I
don’t like ...
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In the jungle, the mighty jungle.....
(Oct 31 '06)
Over half of Peru is actually in the Amazon Basin, with some of the most pristine rainforest in South America. To get to the rainforest from Cusco you can take a 2 day bus journey or catch a plane ...
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Laywers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon
(Jun 13 '07)
Amazon Rainforest 6-14-07
Send lawyers, guns and money to get me out of here. Yeah, that´s how I felt halfway through my first through my first day in the Peruvian Jungle. So I wanted to go see ...
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"The Amazon Experience!!!!"
(Mar 16 '07)
"The excitement has been building since 1988 when at primary school we performed the Amazon Jungle musical at school..."
Puerto Maldonado, it´s a jungle out there
(Oct 09 '06)
Arrived in the airport in Puerto Maldonado (after travelling via Cusco), and were absolutely swamped in the arrivals hall. Taxi drivers were literally all over us trying to get us to take their cab, ...
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The Amazon Jungle (Peru)
(Sep 27 '06)
We flew into the tiny town of Puerto Maldonado in the Peruvian part of the Amazon to begin our trip to the jungle. As we`ve been used to living at altitude for the last few weeks, it was refreshing to ...
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But the few hours of shut-eye we grabbed in Lima were - in retrospect - really lounging about!
Monday morning we were whisked back to the airport in Lima, stopped briefly in ...
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Recent Blogs for Puerto Maldonado
In the jungle el mighty jungle...
(Sep 03 '08)
Well, we made it! After a full day of travel time we have finally arrived in the small town of Puerto Maldonado deep in the Amazon. The journey here was slow going at times but all worth it now that ...
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The Jungle
(Dec 07 '07)
Our replacement credit/debit cards arrived today (thank you Raymond and Helen). As much as we love Cusco, we`re getting far too comfortable here and it´s time to move on. We headed straight to the ...
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Through the Amazon with more than a paddle
(Apr 21 '07)
"I had never been in the jungle before, so I was pretty excited about this trip."
As far as traveling, I would say that I have a fairly good knowledge of what my country has to offer. Since I was ...
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