Entries by Ash Carden

Camping in the Amazon

01/07/19 – 07/07/19 Iquitos, the gateway to the Amazon jungle, was overwhelming to say the least. The sheer amount of street touts trying to sell you tours was surprising and the ferocity of their sales pitches was staggering. Tom and I actually retreated back to the safety of our hostel on the first day and […]

Pucallpa in Photos

Pucallpa was a place between places but nonetheless enjoyable and insightful. We got back in to the grove of being on the move. We got all our clothes professionally washed (a luxury after Puerto Inca), enjoyed a fancy night out with burgers (double luxury!) and slept in a normal bed after the hammock for a […]

9 Days on Henry 4 – The Boat to Iquitos Diaries

17/08/19 – Day 1 We rushed through our coffee… We need to get there early to ensure a good spot! So there we were, at 12:00pm, 5 hours early for our next epic journey. Except the boat we had been told bout was already gone. Left the previous day at 5pm lol. So we boarded […]