Tabatinga

Tabatinga is a 5 minute boatride from Peru. I met up with a peruvian guy, who also came with the same boat from Iquitos. His name is Freddy. Freddy his 32 years old and single. He's travelling to Manaus to conquer the heart of an brazilian woman (the less romantic version is: He desparatly wants the brazilian documents, that allow him to work in Brazil for a much better salary). In Peru he is a busdriver near Pocucalpa. After I took care of the immigration we coincidentally ate at the same restaurant. Then the beer started to flow for the rest of the day. Brazilian people sadly speek Portuguese - and that is less similar to Spanish than I anticipated.
The next day I checked out the chaotic harbor and ate some awful food. Nearly all waiters seem to be gay. Than I walked with Freddy to Laetita (Colombia). It looked very similar to Tabatinga and thats generally a bad sign. There just seems to be no concept at all and traffic dominates the scene. The sun relentlessly shines on the dusty streets. The river offers some tranquillity and the booze some tranquillizer. On the last day before the departure to Manaus we met Francisco from Santiago. A good guy (yet another guy, there seem to be no female travellers around) who has to rush down to his hometown in 3 weeks. The next day we boarded the truly fantastic ship to Manaus.