By aura.kinti on Skatehive
Boat: 4 Days, 4 Nights – Iquitos Four days and four nights. I had been warned the journey would be intense, but it was more than I could have imagined. We are on a cargo boat: humans, animals, and goods all traveling together. Each person brings their hammock, their bed for the next days. The trip begins calmly, with a few passengers spread across two decks. What we don’t know at that moment is how full the boat will eventually become. On the first morning, we saw pink dolphins—sign of good luck, I thought! The sun shines in all its splendor, the boat moves slowly and noisily, and we — my German friend and I — laugh while gazing at the horizon. A parade of jungle forests and wild river beaches passes by. We are “alone” in the waters of the Amazon. Only rarely do we cross small fishing boats, and we stop from community to community to pick up more people. There are *three meals a day, very simple: white rice or pasta with meat, chicken, fish, or egg for vegetarians, plus a basic soup. F