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21 January, 2009 02:08:38

Puerto Palmeras: The Resort of Choice in Tarapoto

by Ben Jonjak - http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/

I felt like pampering myself a little bit, so I went out to Puerto Palmeras in Tarapoto. It was a good choice. I've been to the jungle several times, but most of the resorts you find in places like Iquitos, or Puerto Maldonado are a little too hard-core for actual relaxation. Generally you get to them by taking a boat down some forgotten tributary of the amazon and you spend your vacation huddling behind a mosquito net.

Puerto Palmeras is different. This isn't jungle like you find in Iquitos (which is right at the headwaters of the Amazon. Tarapoto is back up in the mountains a little bit so you've got some solid land to walk around on (all the buildings aren't constructed on stilts to account for the vast fluctuations in water level). Plus, the Mosquitos aren't too bad (although there were some fairly annoying no-see-ems that bit me quite a bit...didn't itch though)

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15 January, 2007 20:59:56

Kuelap, Peru: A Mystery in the Clouds

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Text by Juan Puelles Urraca and Luis Vega Garrido
Photos by Juan Puelles Urraca



http://filer.livinginperu.com/travel/img/Kuelap/199.jpg787526Kuelap, a mystery in the clouds
Kuelap, a mystery in the clouds
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(LIP-wb) -- The colossal walls rise, imposing, defiant and superb. They seem to know that they are part of the great legacy of those mysterious lords of the clouds, those people who dominated the precipitous peaks of this mountainous region long ago.

We begin the ascent at eight o’ clock in the morning. Restless clouds try to hide the sun, but its warmth and brightness soon start to break through. After just fifteen minutes our breathing becomes labored and some of us begin to gasp for air. We are at three thousand meters above sea level.

The altitude takes its toll on us, but it is worth the effort. The brilliant light of the emerging sun bounces off the great wall, and we stand there for a long time, transfixed by the sight.

This is Kuélap, the marvelous legacy of the Chillao people, one of the many autonomous clans that rose to prominence in northern Peru and formed part of the Chachapoyan nation.

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