I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 735. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

catfish and Caymans jungles and tuck tucks, monkeys and piranha as we take the slow boat on the Amazon in Peru and Colombia.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

the Amazon. I'd like to welcome to the show Will Conway from the baggage claim podcast at hey baggage claim

dot com who's come to talk to us about the Northwest Amazon. Will welcome to the show.

Thanks, Chris, for having me. I really appreciate it.

Where are we talking about specifically?

Let's put it on a map here.

For sure, for sure. So we're talking about a very specific stretch of the Amazon rainforest, really the Amazon River,

that takes us from Litticea, which is the southeastern most city in Colombia, all the way down the river and into Peru to Iquitos, which is fairly large sprawling metropolis in the middle of the Amazon rainforest and

northeastern Peru.

Excellent.

And why should someone go to this part of the world?

Why should someone go to the Amazon?

Yeah, I think one of the things I really want to talk about and advocate for in this conversation

is that I think the Amazon is a lot more accessible than people think. Now, if you're listening to this and you're into things like

Disneyland and cruises I can't imagine that this would necessarily be the right fit as as fun as those

things can be but if you're considering a trip to something like Thailand or

Switzerland the Amazon has come with this I think the stigma this imposing almost

intimidating quality that if I go to the Amazon I may die you mean that thing that that thing the piranhas and the snakes and the

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