Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Puerto Maldonado

Tues 24 May
From Refugio Amazonas we were taken by boat the 2 hours back along the muddy river to Puerto Maldonado, capital of the southern jungle and a-buzz with maniacally tooting mototaxis (three-wheeled motorcycle rickshaw taxis).

We took a quick (normal 4-wheeled) taxi into the centre of the town which was quite languid in the steamy heat and the river here is very much wider than the one we had just been on. 

The Ríos Tambopata and Madre de Dios converge here.


We enjoyed a relaxing beer overlooking the river before heading out to the airport for our flight to Lima.

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