The city lies on the upper Amazon – I expected that the river will be less wide here – so many kilometrers from Atlantic Ocean. This is not true – the biggest river on the globe here, in Peru is still wide and powerful!
Peru is less expensive for the traveller then Brazil – I stay in the friedly Hospedeje Pascana where they charge just 11 USD for thr room with shower and big fan. If you want also full beakfast it will cost you 8 soles extra. But you can buy eggs (0.30 s, bread – 3,80 per loaf and margarine – 3.60 per 0.25kg) and do it by yourself.
Money changers operates openly in front of the bank and they give 3.25 soles per 1 dollar. Be extremely alerted – they tried to cheat me twice before I finally get proper amount of money! There are also fake banknotes in circulation…
Iquitos for me is nicer then Manaus. In the time of rubber boom they bought an iron house made in Paris by Gustav Eiffel – now it is the main attraction of the city – on the central Plaza de Armas – housing shops and cafe.
