Tabatinga and Letitia

Tabatinga and Letitia

After six days travelling up the Amazon the ferry finally arrived in Tabatinga, although we had to get off at 2.30am but the captain had arranged for us to sleep on another ferry until the gates to the port opened in the morning and we could go into town. The town is unique as it is at the meeting point of three countries, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. There are no roads in or out of the city and border restrictions are relaxed and you can walk from country to country without border formalities. You only need to get a stamp if you are leaving the city to go to another country.

I wasn't staying long in the city as I was going even further up river to an eco community. And just getting off the boat we came across an iguana.

I couldn't resist a photo of a VW beetle in Leticia.

At a bar in Peru, I tried to get a parrot to sit on my shoulder but he wasn't interested.

A typical house at the eco community.

There are no roads in the village, just a concrete path wide enough for two people to pass. It was a very pretty village but there were a lot of biting insects and I couldn't wait to move on.