Dec 18, 2009 - Leticia, aux frontières des cultures amazoniennes

On enfourche chacun une moto taxi, avec nos gros sacs à dos, pour aller à Leticia. ... Petit déjeuner copieux (oeufs, café, pain, jus de fruits), pas de quoi casser des briques, mais cela nous a réjouis! À la différence de Manaus, Leticia est une petite ville, avec beaucoup de charme. ... Facile, non? Comme Leticia est notre dernière escale en Amazonie et qu´on a très envie de passer une nuit dans la "jungle", on s´offre une excursion de 2 jours dans la forêt. ... On voit différents types de paysages: de la forêt vierge, des parcelles rasées pour l´élevage, des résidences secondaires avec jardin de gens qui vivent à Leticia. ...

Dec 12, 2009 - La croisière infernale

Pour rejoindre la Colombie depuis Manaus, les deux seules solutions sont l´avion ou le bateau (sortes de bus de l´Amazone).Pour rejoindre la Colombie depuis Manaus, les deux seules solutions sont l´avion ou le bateau (sortes de bus de l´Amazone)....

Oct 31, 2009 - Tief im Amazonas-Dschungel

Nach ca. zehn Stunden Bootsfahrt sind wir endlich in Leticia angekommen. ... Lisa ging es sehr schlecht, sie hatte sich waehrend der Fahrt den Magen verdorben und bei der Hitze und dem Schaukeln des Bootes war die natuerlich nochmal doppelt so unangenehm.Nach ca. zehn Stunden Bootsfahrt sind wir endlich in Leticia angekommen. ... Lisa ging es sehr schlecht, sie hatte sich waehrend der Fahrt den Magen verdorben und bei der Hitze und dem Schaukeln des Bootes war die natuerlich nochmal doppelt so unangenehm....

Oct 30, 2009 - Down the amazon river...

Um von Leticia nach Tabatinga zu kommen mussten wir uns fuer 12 Stunden in ein enges Speedboat zwaengen. ... unschoen! ------- Nothing spectacular about this boatride of 12 hours speeding down the amazonas river to get from Leticia to Tabatinga. ...

Jul 11, 2007 - COLOMBIA - Leticia

We arrived at the tri-border (Santa Rosa, Peru/ Leticia, Colombia/ Tabatinga, Brazil), rather shaken but not stirred after the so called 8 hour fast trip that took 11 hours and a guy at the dock showed us where to go to get police checked and our passports stamped. ... We then realized he was trying to get us to his hotel in Leticia and sell us a tour and he took a bit to get rid of, especially as he was being so nice. ... We ended up leaving the restaurant after eating because all they had to drink (despite an extensive menu!) was coke and beer, and then they ran out of coke! We tried our luck back across the border in Leticia at an impressive looking bar (with silent football on one screen and music videos on the other - fantastic idea!) where all the couples were facing in opposite directions. ... Had an empanada breakfast and a little wander around Leticia - so nice not to be hassled on every corner, so different from Cusco. ...

Jun 8, 2006 - Iquitos-Leticia (COLOMBIA)

Tomé la lancha rapida a Santa Rosa, la frontera de Peru. Por fin llegamos a Santa Rosa en la tarde y de alli un bote a Leticia (Colombia), que queda cruzando el rio. ... Leticia es una metropolis comparado a Santa Rosa. ... Hay pistas asfaltadas, bases militares, tiendas elegantes, hasta Direct TV!, de todo.Tomé la lancha rapida a Santa Rosa, la frontera de Peru. Por fin llegamos a Santa Rosa en la tarde y de alli un bote a Leticia (Colombia), que queda cruzando el rio. ... Leticia es una metropolis comparado a Santa Rosa. ... Hay pistas asfaltadas, bases militares, tiendas elegantes, hasta Direct TV!, de todo....

Mar 24, 2006 - Leticia, Colombia

After six days aboard we arrived in Tabatinga, Brazil, where I caught a kombi across the border into Leticia, Colombia. ... Alex and I were boarding a water taxi up the Amazon to Parque Nacional Amacayacu, 75 km upstream from Leticia, when an American guy started chatting with us and promptly asked if we would like to stay at his farm, located only a few minutes by motorized canoe from the Park. ... Head-hunter, DEA, CIA, a narco, the anti-Christ.After six days aboard we arrived in Tabatinga, Brazil, where I caught a kombi across the border into Leticia, Colombia. ... Alex and I were boarding a water taxi up the Amazon to Parque Nacional Amacayacu, 75 km upstream from Leticia, when an American guy started chatting with us and promptly asked if we would like to stay at his farm, located only a few minutes by motorized canoe from the Park. ... Head-hunter, DEA, CIA, a narco, the anti-Christ....

Nov 20, 2004 - Colombia - The Triple Frontier

So there I was in Leticia, Colombia's sleepy little border town. ... There's a huge military/police presence in Leticia. ... Because it's in a very remote area of Colombia, services and supplies in Leticia are quite limited. ... 5 hours by boat from Leticia which takes in 3000 square kilometers of Colombian jungle on the northern side of the Amazon. ... 5 hours upriver from Leticia, not far from Amacayacu. ...

Oct 1, 2004 - Leticia & National Park Amacayacu

Here I am on the triple frontier - Colombia, Brasil and Peru. I flew into Leticia from Bogota and have booked a spot on board the Nim Mamoel Monteiro II leaving Monday for four days in my hammock floating down the Amazon River to Manaus. ... With two days to kill I headed to the local national park Amacayacu on the banks of the Amazon for two nights in the jungle.Here I am on the triple frontier - Colombia, Brasil and Peru. I flew into Leticia from Bogota and have booked a spot on board the Nim Mamoel Monteiro II leaving Monday for four days in my hammock floating down the Amazon River to Manaus. ... With two days to kill I headed to the local national park Amacayacu on the banks of the Amazon for two nights in the jungle....