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Travel / archives for : Amazon
8 April, 2009 09:09:32
In the Jungle with Peter Gabriel
By Aaron SmithThe Jetset Vagabond
Who would of thought, while being in the middle of the Amazon Jungle, of bumping into Peter Gabriel and Tony Leven (bass player of King Crimson) - but that’s exactly what happened to me recently at Peter Schneider’s Amazon Lodge on the Momon River, some forty kilometers out of Iquitos. Peter Schneider who runs Latin America’s largest radio Station, Top Latino.net, which broadcasts in some 578 cities throughout 30 countries, invited me to his lodge to stay. I was after an interview with Peter Schneider, who is nothing short of a colorful character, for my book about, amongst other things, Iquitos. Having gone to school with Richard Branson and then later sent to Peru to pursue Alpaca for the family business, Peter S. fell in love with the country and is now based in Miraflores, Lima. His second home though is Iquitos and his jungle Lodge that he endeavors to visit at least once a month.
7 April, 2009 20:28:05
The Ayahuasca Ceremony
In order to begin to write about this traditional native ceremony it is essential to know about the plant that is used for this ritual: ¨Ayahuasca.¨ Its meaning comes from two ethnic Quechua words ¨Aya¨ and ¨Huasca,¨ which mean rope and death, or the rope of death. The other meaning of the word Ayahuasca is ¨Vine of the Soul." The plant grows in the Peruvian Amazon. It is a climbing skinny plant that grows around the trees. That is why they call it rope.
1 April, 2009 10:31:12
A different type of day out: Amazon GOLF, of course!
byGart van Gennip
I just spent the afternoon at a place I never thought I would find myself: The Amazon Golf Course. I am not a sportsman, or even a fan; I like to watch baseball, because hitting that ball with that bat somehow appeals to my imagination. But don’t ask me about innings and outings and what have you; I don’t have a clue! My dad used to play golf religiously, at a 6000 euro-a-year club back home, so I thought, “Good for him, but that’s not for me!” Unfortunately, my dad had to give up golf due to bad knees (no, his name is not Tiger Woods!).
25 March, 2009 10:40:35
New in Iquitos: The Amazon Explorers Club and Lounge
In Iquitos, The Amazon Explorers Club and Lounge just opened its doors. It is a new club for travellers who are interested in what the Amazon Basin has to offer. The Amazon Explorers Club offers discounts, newsletters and special services to its members; not just online, but in their new lounge with spectacular views of the river.16 March, 2009 19:14:52
Walking the Amazon
On April 2nd 2008, Ed Stafford set out to become the first man to walk the entire 4000 mile length of the Amazon river. His trek is meant as an educational tool and to raise awareness for several charities including: ABC Trust, Project Peru, Cancer Research UK, The ME Association, and Rainforest Concern. However, the fact that Mr. Stafford anticipates that this undertaking will probably take him around 26 months, elevates this enterprise above other awareness events. Furthermore, the fact that the Amazon is one of the world's last great frontiers moves this unprecedented trek into a category of its own.
12 January, 2009 20:24:03
2 months with the Matses: Magic and Misery in the Amazon Jungle
Anna Kovasna
This must by far be the craziest thing I have ever done! I thought as I, after 8 hours in a dugout canoe, climbed up an impossibly slippery riverbank under the intense scrutiny of 40 Matses Indians. After waiting through two weeks of flooded landing strips and crashing planes, I had finally arrived to Estiron, a Matses settlement on a small tributary to the Yavarí. I was there to do fieldwork for two months, and I came alone. My host and interpreter had suddenly left me at a military base the day before. In addition, the goods I had bought in Iquitos to trade for food, lodging and information was on a boat still safely anchored in Iquitos, at least a week’s travel away from me.
29 December, 2008 13:20:18
Adventure in the jungle
Cesar Klauer Hidalgo
Once you come down the plane, you can feel a vapoury hand caress your face, go down your neck, get inside your shirt and suck out the fluids in your body. From your temples, a salty rain of sweat forms rivers destined to wet your clothes or dry out on the floor. You look around and through the wide windows you see the beautiful green. You are in the jungle. Welcome to Iquitos.
The first thing you need to do when booking a hotel room is make sure they have air conditioning. I found one on the internet and made the reservation for me and my colleague (we were sent by the company). I also recommended the place to my brother-in-law who coincidentally was going to be on business in the city too. A bad luck ghost had resolved to show me its power: I found that the A/C in my room did not work, to be exact it did work but made a clanking noise, like the engine of an old truck. If I turned the thing off, I became a soup. If I turned it on, I could not sleep. The next day, I was so tired that all I wanted was to sit down, pour a freezing beer down my dusty throat and let the steamy air wrap me up.
Once you come down the plane, you can feel a vapoury hand caress your face, go down your neck, get inside your shirt and suck out the fluids in your body. From your temples, a salty rain of sweat forms rivers destined to wet your clothes or dry out on the floor. You look around and through the wide windows you see the beautiful green. You are in the jungle. Welcome to Iquitos.The first thing you need to do when booking a hotel room is make sure they have air conditioning. I found one on the internet and made the reservation for me and my colleague (we were sent by the company). I also recommended the place to my brother-in-law who coincidentally was going to be on business in the city too. A bad luck ghost had resolved to show me its power: I found that the A/C in my room did not work, to be exact it did work but made a clanking noise, like the engine of an old truck. If I turned the thing off, I became a soup. If I turned it on, I could not sleep. The next day, I was so tired that all I wanted was to sit down, pour a freezing beer down my dusty throat and let the steamy air wrap me up.
23 December, 2008 09:15:56
Dr. Linnea Smith found love in Peru
Wisconsin State Journal
Melanie Conklin
Dr. Linnea Smith left her family medical practice in Prairie du Sac to take her doctoring deep in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, in a spot so remote that patients arrive in dugout canoes.
Melanie Conklin
Dr. Linnea Smith left her family medical practice in Prairie du Sac to take her doctoring deep in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, in a spot so remote that patients arrive in dugout canoes.
She blames this radical move on her house plants.
Before attending medical school at UW-Madison, she ran the Sunshine Store, an exotic plant shop in Cross Plains. So in 1990, after three years as a doctor, she ventured on vacation to the Peruvian rainforest to see where her plants came from.
After a week in the Yanamono rainforest, she did not want to leave.
28 October, 2008 15:59:29
When I almost became Indiana Jones
Revista Generacción
Cesar Klauer
The ruins are up there, the child's head moved a little towards the top of the mountain. His little wide awake eyes looked at us from top to bottom while he chewed a twig and scratched his head under the hat which once long ago had been white but now had spots of dried mud; brown the freshest ones, yellow the oldest. His wooly dog walked around us with his long tongue doodling on our shoes, the duster of his tail scrubbed his happiness on our knees. Right in front of our tired breath, the slope projected into the blue cloak stained with faint cotton pieces, the bright green mass called us full of screams of birds, parrots and insects. But there was no path.
Cesar Klauer
The ruins are up there, the child's head moved a little towards the top of the mountain. His little wide awake eyes looked at us from top to bottom while he chewed a twig and scratched his head under the hat which once long ago had been white but now had spots of dried mud; brown the freshest ones, yellow the oldest. His wooly dog walked around us with his long tongue doodling on our shoes, the duster of his tail scrubbed his happiness on our knees. Right in front of our tired breath, the slope projected into the blue cloak stained with faint cotton pieces, the bright green mass called us full of screams of birds, parrots and insects. But there was no path.24 September, 2008 11:55:12
Americans Smash Amazon Raft Race Record
By Ed Hudson
They came from every corner of the globe.They came from every continent. They came to compete in The Great River Amazon Raft Race 2008 . The 46 teams from 18 countries arrived in Nauta to find that the river had risen by 2 metres in just a few days and the current was going to be faster.The teams arrived on 18th September for the civic reception in the Plaza de Armas which was well organised by the Regional Governmentt and Nauta officials. The real deal got going in the afternoon when all the crews crossed to the opposite bank of the Rio Marañon to build Rafts from the 8 balsa logs which were provided to each team. Crews frantically worked on their crafts, sawing,chopping,hacking, hammering and tying. One team even recruited a local man with a chainsaw. The work continued and the beach,was still busy even after nightfall.
They came from every corner of the globe.They came from every continent. They came to compete in The Great River Amazon Raft Race 2008 . The 46 teams from 18 countries arrived in Nauta to find that the river had risen by 2 metres in just a few days and the current was going to be faster.The teams arrived on 18th September for the civic reception in the Plaza de Armas which was well organised by the Regional Governmentt and Nauta officials. The real deal got going in the afternoon when all the crews crossed to the opposite bank of the Rio Marañon to build Rafts from the 8 balsa logs which were provided to each team. Crews frantically worked on their crafts, sawing,chopping,hacking, hammering and tying. One team even recruited a local man with a chainsaw. The work continued and the beach,was still busy even after nightfall.Categories
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