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| I am officially switching from Xanga to Google´s Blogger! It is superior in many ways, the top two being:
- users can leave comments without needing an account
- the RSS feed with Xanga is all messed up and is making my life more difficult
You can go to the new blog at: http://jeremypaulgallagher.blogspot.com/
I have transferred all the Peru posts over to Blogger and will being only using that from now on.
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| Current Location: Quito, EcuadorPlaces Visited Since Last Post: Places Passed Through Since Last Post: I am now in Quito, Ecuador. It is difficult to explain how I arrived here, but I will try. At the time of my last 'real' post I was in Iquitos, Peru, which is very, very far wasy from my current location. Here is a map that I have modified to sho my general route since I left Iquitos: Red X´s is where I started and ended, and the white line is the general route (all by bus)!Iquitos:Some background first on Iquitos: It is the largest city in the world (pop around 400,000) not reachable by road. The only way in and out is by plane or boat. It is located in the far northeast Peru at one end of the Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation (the 'real' jungle). When you first arrive to Iquitos, you realize that it is HOT. This has its upsides & downsides. Downside is that you sweat alot. Upside is that the women tend to wear little clothing. On that subject, almost all the women I met in Iquitos were beautiful. Since Iquitos is only reachable by plane or boat, there are very few cars, but a million motorcycles. Now, to combine the two previous subjects, it is an amazing sight to see a ton of beautiful women driving around on motorcycles. All that being said, now you have an understanding of why Cogan, Isaac, and Avram (Isaac´s brother) decided to spend New Years there. New Years was quite amazing, and I enjoyed it a great deal. Didn´t go to sleep until about 7am, but who needs to sleep anyways. I spent most of my time in Iquitos hanging out with the boys, or with my very lovely friend Carolina. Leaving Iquitos was difficult as I had quickly grown accostomed to life in Iquitos, which is quite pleasant. I thought leaving was difficult (the first day we tried to leave, we missed the boat, literally), but I had no idea what was waiting for me.The next post will explain "The Boat". Stay Tuned. | | |
| I only have 5 minutes to write this, so I won´t go into to much detail right now. Since I have written last I have: -Spent three nights on a boat in the Amazon -Cogan´s bday -Did a crazy jungle tour -Crossed through all of Pere (East-West) and headed up to Ecuador -Hung out with a friend in Chiclayo -Saw the Señor de Sipan -Hung out with mty Cousins and niece in Guayaquil and Salinas (beach) Ok, there is more, but I will add detail when I have more time. My ´favorite fotos´will be added soon! -jpg | | |
| I am about to hop on a boat for 3 days, and spend 5 days in the jungle. Word. | | |
| Llegamos a la selva (Iquitos) anteayer. La primera noche era bien, saliamos con mi amigo Isaac y su hermano Avram. Anoche, bailamos hasta 6 en la manana. La noche, estuve perfecto. So, I must say that I like the jungle, despite the 85% humidity, and the hour and a half rain showers each night, this place is really cool. It is not nearly as touristy as Cuzco, and has a really cool small town feel. The girls here are absolutely gorgeous, and even more so when they are riding motorcycles. Since there is no way to reach Iquitos by road (plane and boat only), the main form of transportation is by motorcycle (which includes a modified three wheel version called a ´mototaxi´). Yesterday, we did a river tour of a few small communities along the river, which was neat. First we went to a real touristy place, where it was clear that the people were just hanging around waiting for tourists to arrive. All the locals were dressed in ´native´ attire. After, we asked the driver to take us to a ´non-touristy´ community, which turned out to be way more authentic. Everyone was fully clothed like normal. Although us gringos clearly stood out, and everyone was staring at us the whole time, it was definitely nice to get a better sense of what life is like for people living along the amazon river. Speaking of the amazon, it is huge. And we are not even at the full height of the river. At the second little village we went to, all the house are on wooden polls about 20-25 feet in the air for when the river rises. It is kinda crazy how big it is. I am used to going to to the colorado river alot, but the amazon is at least twice the size. Kinda crazy. Ok, I got to go, my internet time is almost up (you pay by the hour here, and internet is expensive in the jungle...almost 50 US cents per hour...hahaha). Gotta watch those soles though. | | |
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