Iquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest and is located in the Amazon Basin situated along the Amazon, Nanay and Itaya rivers. The name Iquitos means the people in their local language. This cosmopolitan city has strong Amazonia roots and has become a destination due to historic architecture, cuisine, landscapes and diverse cultural movements.
The route was 585 nm
About 2h15m in the Mustang
We crossed the Equator at SIMAT, but unfortunately I missed the photo op with the GPS showing the series of zeros.
They called me Indy here...I like it
The Spaniards were here before the Rubber boom at the end of the 18 Century and they left a number of church and cathedrals. The main religion of Peru is Catholicism.
We visited La Casa de Fierro, designed by the French architect Gustave Eiffel, a large iron residence built during the rubber boom at the end of the nineteenth century, located in the major square, it is one of the finest and well preserved samples of civil architecture in Peru. The walls, ceiling and balcony are made of rectangular sheets of iron. There is claim that is was the first prefabricated house in the Americas. How did it make its way to Peru? It was built in Belgian workshops to be displayed at the International Exposition of Paris in 1889. It was purchased at the Exposition by Rubber baron, Anselmo del Aguila, dismantled and then brought over in pieces to Iquitos. The metal sheets were carried by hundreds of men through the jungle and assembled in its current location in 1890.
The Tuk Tuk
Nori-san and Hiro-san in their own Tuk Tuk on our way to discover the surrounding area
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