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Jungle, Jungle Fever!

Posted by syosef | 7th June 2006

Part One: Getting There is Half the...

I started my 3 day journey to the Amazon basin on a combi bus from Chachapoyas to Pedro Ruiz. The combi looked promising which should have been a warning sign because it:

1. Stalled for 2 hours to wait for more passengers (Peruvian combis can't start their journey until there at least 6 people hanging off the roof)
2. Stalled for another hour because there was some kind of bizarre sea street festival going on with pirate men dancing with white horses.
3. Tried to bypass a truck on a windy cliff with everyone screaming for the driver to spare their lives.

Six hours later, I found myself in dusty Pedro Ruiz trying to flag down a bus for Tarapoto and all the buses kept flying past me (can you give a girl a BREAK?) until a local felt bad for me and showed me how it's done...stand in the middle of the road and yell at the top of your lungs for the

Continued | Sivan's South American Adventure

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