'Trucutu' The three of us, certainly played our parts in creating a diverse trio. The men, 45 and 28, Spanish and Australian, and our French friend. For the first two days we also had with us Nixon and a friend of his, to navigate the first part of the river. It was exciting for sure. In the days there was much to look at, in the evenings, incredible sunsets, and the night, many mosquitos. After two days, Nixon and his counterpart left and so there was three. Dur...

The jungle After a five leg public transport adventure, Including that of the tapper, I had left the mountains and had found the scorching tropical whether. I was in Pucallpa, and I knew that from here, I could take a local slow boat to Iquitos, the Peruvian Amazonian town. On arrival, the boat seemed chaotic. People everywhere trying to sell all all sorts of things. Hammocks, which would serve as beds to the crowds of locals for the next 5 nights were literall...

Squashed in the back seat, I peered forward jealously and angrily as I saw her legs bent back in a way that would have been perfect for the tiny space mine were squashed into. She had concocted up her own little drum kit by banging a ring against the plastic arm rest, to accompany the drivers loud, bad music. I came close to telling her to stop, however I decided to try and be more accepting of her out of beat, irritating clicking sound that she was producing fr...

Hauraz... I climbed a mountain which would show me that my lungs are not designed for high altitude trekking. I also taught Peruvians how to build Jenga to the roof. Contemplating that I can now go to places my friend Ghosty could never have taken me (sorry Ghosty, but it's true), I decided that I would look at getting into the infamous Amazon Jungle. The general way in Peru is to take a flight from one of the cities to a town called Iquitos (the biggest ci...

'Leaving Los Lima' I hadn't even heard of Hauraz, but I did know that if I wasn't outa Lima pronto, I may well find myself sitting at the Hostel bar each night turning my liver and soul into shriveled prunes. My plan was to be heading North soon anyhow. I woke up after a bit of a night, 15 mins after our elapsed meeting time in the lobby, and half an hour before the bus was due to depart. I looked around groggily only to see things of mine scattered all over...