Rain Mud Noise Gambling and Chicas Pucallpa, Peru in January is rainy, muddy, and as always noise with the roar of the moto-taxis. Here are a few photos of Pucallpa…
What a great place, I feel right at home, I call Pucallpa, Peru a border town, the frontier between the people who live on land, and those who live on the river.
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Mototaxi, like a modified Tuk Tuk, this noisy vehicle provide the transportation from the airport to my room. I found a muddy side street that gives you the feel for Pucallpa in January.
I was walking by a local Casino; there are tons of them in Pucallpa when I spotted this girl leaning against the door jam like a siren wanting me to enter. She moved before I could photograph here in the more sultry position, however now you get to see the slot machines.
The call these gambling places in Peru, “Tragamonedas.”
More or less means, “swallow-your-money” this is a Slot Machine.
Coca leaves, to the East here towards the border of Brazil there are many Cocaleros farms growing Coca leaves to feed the Cocaine business. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocalero
Border towns are always interesting, a little of this, a little of that, and a less rules to interfere.