By aura.kinti on Skatehive
Iquitos – Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas. It’s 4 a.m. on December 24th. What a beautiful gift of life! The port of Iquitos is full of activity… and also of pollution. People unload the goods while I decide to sleep until the sun rises. Happy body! I feel so free; now I understand the importance of the right to free movement. I never thought I could be so glad just by walking. We go for a walk to get information about the boats to the triple border (Peru – Colombia – Brazil). Iquitos is very hot and noisy, with lots of mototaxis; such a different energy after spending several days in the middle of the river. It’s like an electroshock! We decided to go to a hostel and, on the way there, between the heat, the tiredness, and the stress of being in a new place, I lost a bag from the mototaxi: my thermos, my mate, and some other things. Here I burst into tears… I feel everything. I’m too hot, I’m exhausted, I can’t find the hostel… The los of the mate is a trigger. I cry for the journey, f