We arrived in the afternoon to a very hot tropical atmosphere - same temperature day and night - constant sweating is the norm.
The only way into this city is by plane or by boat. There are no roads into this city, therefore there are not many cars here. Most of the vehicles are either motor bikes or motorbike rickshaws called MotoKars. They have the same attitude to lanes as in Cusco - namely they ignore them and pedestrians definitely do not have right of way.
On the first afternoon we went for a walk around the town and had dinner at the Explorers Club on the Esplanade overlooking the Amazon. It was very relaxing and nice to have some time to ourselves for a change.
We met our guide Joze Diaz, a very friendly person, so much so that initially we were a bit nervous of him. Eventually we got used to the very friendly service when we noticed it was common with all the people here, even in the hotels.
It is a very relaxing atmosphere, everything happens slowly.
There is a house here in the plaza de amas (the Iron House) which was designed and built by Mr. Eifel of the Eifel Tower of Paris Eifel. It was bought and transported to Iquitos during the great rubber rich era.
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