Background: I was working as a translator for a tour company in the Amazon and spent a total of 2 weeks there. Basically, I translated whatever the guides were telling the clients.
I spent 1 night in Leticia and the rest in the jungle.
Leticia: Has ~50k inhabitants and not surprisingly, it's kind of a shithole of a town. Everything is always humid, wet. Roads are fucked up. The population consists mainly of transplants from other Colombian states, police or military guys and some local indigenous or mestizo people.
It's a small town and sits right on the Brazilian border. You can cross over to Tabatinga without any passport control whatsoever. I rode a scooter over the border and nobody gave a shit.
Locals say that Leticia is pretty safe due to the heavy police/military presence. Tabatinga on the other hand less so.
Getting there:
Only by airplane or boat.
Girls:
Not as ugly as I thought, since I was expecting the worst. Needless to say that nobody should go to Leticia for the girls, though.
Party:
Went out alone to 2 spots. Kaluha and Mossh. Both where packed on a Friday night and had a lot of girls.
Kaluha looked more seedy and dark. Mossh has a friendlier vibe. Had fun in both though.
Met a friendly Brazilian chick from Manaus in Kaluha. Bounced her to Mossh and then to my dick. Jungle bang was pretty good.
The jungle:
Spent 2 weeks without electricity, Internet, etc. and it was awesome. The company runs a lodge which is located in a really remote spot, about 3 hours upstream by boat from Leticia, it's literally right in the jungle. The guides were all from the area, either Ticunas or mestizos.
They still live in a society that is completely dominated by nature. The sun, the forest and the river dictate their rhythm. They pretty much make everything they need themselves: Food, Shelter, Housing. The hardly use money as there are no proper shops.
The wildlife is a bit tough to spot at times, but there is plenty: monkeys, birds, giant everything (spider, bugs, frogs), caimans, turtels, snakes, dolphins, sloths etc.
I'm back in Europe now and am still processing all the input I got there. It was one of the most intense experiences of my life. Highly recommend to visit the Amazon while in Colombia, it's a world apart.
Some surprising lessons learned:
I spent 1 night in Leticia and the rest in the jungle.
Leticia: Has ~50k inhabitants and not surprisingly, it's kind of a shithole of a town. Everything is always humid, wet. Roads are fucked up. The population consists mainly of transplants from other Colombian states, police or military guys and some local indigenous or mestizo people.
It's a small town and sits right on the Brazilian border. You can cross over to Tabatinga without any passport control whatsoever. I rode a scooter over the border and nobody gave a shit.
Locals say that Leticia is pretty safe due to the heavy police/military presence. Tabatinga on the other hand less so.
Getting there:
Only by airplane or boat.
Girls:
Not as ugly as I thought, since I was expecting the worst. Needless to say that nobody should go to Leticia for the girls, though.
Party:
Went out alone to 2 spots. Kaluha and Mossh. Both where packed on a Friday night and had a lot of girls.
Kaluha looked more seedy and dark. Mossh has a friendlier vibe. Had fun in both though.
Met a friendly Brazilian chick from Manaus in Kaluha. Bounced her to Mossh and then to my dick. Jungle bang was pretty good.
The jungle:
Spent 2 weeks without electricity, Internet, etc. and it was awesome. The company runs a lodge which is located in a really remote spot, about 3 hours upstream by boat from Leticia, it's literally right in the jungle. The guides were all from the area, either Ticunas or mestizos.
They still live in a society that is completely dominated by nature. The sun, the forest and the river dictate their rhythm. They pretty much make everything they need themselves: Food, Shelter, Housing. The hardly use money as there are no proper shops.
The wildlife is a bit tough to spot at times, but there is plenty: monkeys, birds, giant everything (spider, bugs, frogs), caimans, turtels, snakes, dolphins, sloths etc.
I'm back in Europe now and am still processing all the input I got there. It was one of the most intense experiences of my life. Highly recommend to visit the Amazon while in Colombia, it's a world apart.
Some surprising lessons learned:
- Indigenous girls can be quite hot
- Women can have 4-8 kids and still stay thin (no fat people in the jungle)