From Tabatinga Port in Brazil we took a 10 min taxi ride to the border. However there is no immigration office at the border and we were told that we would have to walk about 2 km back into Tabatinga to the „Policia Federal“ to get our exit stamp for Brazil. For the Colombian entry stamp we would have to go to the airport of Leticia, but we were told that we could do that anytime within the next week. But we recommend to go get the stamp on the day you arrive! More about this later. So we found ourselves a hostel and organized ourselves a trekking tour into the jungle for the next day.
Amazon Tour:
The tour cost about 100 000 pesos per person including a lunch. We had a guide with us who took us to 2 different malocas. A maloca is an ancestral long house used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil. Each community has a maloca with its own unique characteristics. During festivals and in formal ceremonies, which involve dances for males, the long house space is rearranged; the centre of the long house is the most important area where the dance takes place. Each maloca has two entrances, for men and for women. In the malocas we met a shaman who explained his way of living and showed us some tools they use for ceremonies.
We didn’t see many animals, some exotic birds, some monkeys and different insects. Some people expect to see many different species during their trek and are often left disappointed…
The tour was great fun, although it was extremely humid and we both have never sweat so much!
Our Anniversary:
As it was our four year anniversary, Martin organized a nice hotel for the two of us and surprised me with a marriage proposal! 🙂 And of course I said YES!
Ayahuasca Ceremony in the Jungle:
We decided not to go into details about this event but if anyone is interested in an authentic Ayahuasca experience we can recommend William!
How to find William? you have to take a taxi to the kilometer 7 and ask in the community for “William”.
After a week in Leticia we decided to head to Bogota and as the only means of transportation from Leticia is by boat or by plane we had to book a flight to Bogota. We left to the airport a bit earlier since we still needed to get our entry stamp for Colombia at the immigration and to our surprise, the immigration office was closed because of elections! This meant we could not fly to Bogota and lost our flight! We were all quite stressed about this and decided to head to the travel agency to see what we could do! The travel agency was really nice and gave us a 50% discount for the new flight the next day!
At this point we want to thank Micha for a great 5 weeks of traveling together! It was a memorable experience and also wonderful to have been able to spend some time of our trip with a great friend! As we just got engaged, we wanted to finish our trip the two of us and so Micha flew to Santa Marta while we left to Bogota! ♥
Let Go Get Lost 