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Mike Collis
To Andy and Tessa
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2008-05-09 09:17:28
Hello Andy and Tessa,
Thank you for your comments. We miss you too and we are looking forward to meeting you again here in Iquitos,Peru soon.
Have safe journies.
Mike
Tessa
Iquitos friends
London - London - England
2008-05-08 10:13:52
I miss you all so much
I will be back in the next two months
Cant wait to get bitten by all the mossies again and pour sweat in the humidity
I said im coming back? LOL
Cant wait
Im sure the place needs living up again.
Anyway im on the straight and narrow
See you soon
Tessa
Andy of HoboTraveler.com
HoboTraveler.com HoboHideOut.com
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Citizen of World - Indiana - USA
2008-05-01 18:45:31
I am happy to hear and hope this is correct, I hope the Golf Course and all the associates are happy.
Thia is Andy, I am planning on coming and listening to all the Chisme, Gossip about Iquitos around May 20, 2008.
Iquitos, Peru, is my favorite Cannery Row story on the planet, just when think you heard it all, go to Iquitos. I was just explaining to a friend about these bunch of boys in Iquitos and their problems.
Yikes, Golf Course on the Amazon.
Bill Grimes
Amazon Golf Course Opens
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2008-05-01 17:52:25
On the 1st May 2008 the first official golfer played a round of golf at the Amazon Golf Course,Iquitos,Peru.
Carl Johan Ohrling of Sweden was presented with a certificate recording this momentous occasion by the course manager Michael Collis. Check it out , www.amazongolfcourse.com
aleahsha whitney
Mike Collis is my Dad
hereford - Powys - United Kingdom
2008-03-24 20:12:48
Hiya... Dad! Its Aleahsha. Haven-t had the internet in years so now i-ve been able to find you again. I have added ur email address 2 my messenger. I hope thats Ok! Please send me an email. I miss you and i-d love to come and visit you someday soon. Alisha_2k@live.co.uk Please e-mail me. Would be good to hear off you. Love you forever. X X your daughter
Mike Collis
John Mack
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2008-02-25 07:22:32
I am very Sorry Max but John Mack passed away in Mancora in North Peru April 11th 2006.
A great loss to all of us here.
For more info please e mail me on ; michaelcollis@hotmail.com
maxx carter
missing person
london/a-dam - unfit state - U.K.
2008-02-25 04:51:51
Mick, no reason that you should remember me but we have met...i-m trying to find out what has happened to a friend of mine who lives out by sacha mamas...an american called John Mack....i-ve written to Gerald from Yellow Rose but recieved no reply..i wondered if you could help...as its a small community and one runs in to most people at some time...i haven-t heard from J.Mack in over a year and would like to know if something has happened ......yours hopefully Maxx
Julian Haynes
Pyramid on the Amazon
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2008-02-12 17:04:57
The Pyramid Project
By Julian Haynes
Hi I’m Julio an Englishman living in Iquitos. The Iquitos Times asked me to write a few words about the pyramid I’m building so here goes…
Currently the pyramid is being built in the water at the end of Pevas street but eventually it will be towed to the other side of the river where it will be visible from the Boulevard. It is 24.44m high and the four sides are 38.39m, so that makes it an exact scale model of the Great Pyramid (1:6)
It is made of wood and some iron and will eventually be floated on 850,000 plastic bottles – at the moment whilst we are still building this platform the pyramid floats on balsa wood logs. These are made into 4m squared rafts and there are about 100 of them
There will be 7 levels on the pyramid which are each 2.71m high. The 7th level, the Mediation Room, is 8.15m high. This room will depict the Incan trilogy in gold leaf with a 2.7m high glass apex that depicts the four shamanic elements. (Artist David Hewson or Slocum to friends: www.davidhewsonart.com). On the top of the pyramid there is an Egyptian Ankh which is 2.222m high (that’s exactly 1/11th the height of the pyramid). The Ankh is the ancient symbol of life and the pyramid is a celebration of life. 11 is for new beginnings but there isn’t the time to get too far into the numerology here
Inside the pyramid there is a 12m (aprox diameter) pentagram swimming pool – this is just a sheltered opening to the river, no chlorine here! If you swim the 6.4m to the centre of the pool and look up you will see the light entering thru the apex of the pyramid. This light will be dispersed thru the pyramid using crystals of varying refractive indexes. Wind chimes in the Mediation Room give voice to the breeze
There is no smoking or alcohol consumption on the pyramid and music must be thru head phones. The pyramid is a peaceful and sacred place and a shrine to shamanism. No smoking and shamanism, can it be true? Well, some shaman such as Don Juan out at the airport do not believe that blowing smoke is necessary to evoke protection – this new way is making the break and may be evolving shamanism to something better. Shamanism is alive here in Peru and it is the job of living shamanism to evolve shamanism not just preserve it
One criticism I hear of shamanism over and over again is that the shaman seem to be too much in the ego and non spiritual beings – well they haven´t had the benefit of 20 years of New Age thinking but what they do have will take the New Ageists into the next dimension. Whilst the shaman´s quest may be to loose the ego and unite as a single world political force, the spiritual tourist´s treat is to gain the real proof of the existence of higher intelligence (God?) and actually visit the esoterical dimensions rather than just relying on “positive thinking” and gratuitous blind faith to get thru life
The pyramid will contain a theatre that seats 500 people, a gymnasium, an internet café, a health food restaurant, a lecture theatre, an artisan shop, 2 juice bars, 37 hotel rooms, 2 dormitories, 2 small apartments, offices and will be my home. The building will breath with a mesh of intelligent ventilation shafts that use AI to catch the breeze and bring it inside. The interior will have monkeys, birds and butterflies along with lots of vegetation. The 7 levels represent the 7 chakras – the building is alive
On a 7 day cycle the pyramid will bring in about 70 tourists who will experience a personal development holiday. This will teach them about a good diet, how to motivate themselves better, how to empower themselves emotionally and finally leads them towards a knowledge of shamanism. Films like “What the Bleep “ and “The Secret” will be shown in the min cinema. On the penultimate night a boat trip will take them into the jungle where, if they choose , they may learn the shamans’ secret
The restaurant prices, the gymnasium and internet will be kept low so that Peruvian’s can afford to enjoy the pyramid as well as the gringos. It is an important principle of the project to mix tourists with the locals of Iquitos. Every 15 minutes free boats will shuttle visitors across the river. There is a 2m wide entrance for non gasoline boats so that they can reach the swimming pool inside. It is hoped that one day a dolphin will visit. Already on the construction site a dolphin was spotted 100m away which in the Pevas bay is very rare – perhaps they can sense some magic in the air
The lecture theatre will donate 2 hours a day to the local universities to get students out the city heat for a few hours a week. It is a goal to have good quality pantomime theatre in Iquitos by Christmas 2010… oh yes it is….
The pyramid will encourage local Gringos to provide trance dance, massage, tarot, acupuncture and other such arts in the pyramid. The pyramid will be a meeting ground for the thinking person
75% of the money from the pyramid is being donated to 7 missions. These are:
1) Find a renewable energy source that is cheaper than gasoline. We will use esoterical working methods to boost this research
2) Convert 20,000 of the Iquitos taxi cabs to electricity and lobby the local government for a 15 block gasoline exclusion zone in the city centre. (Fights air pollution and noise pollution because electric engines are quiet)
3) Educate the people of Iquitos about Health and Medicine and reverse the obesity trend in a modern city
4) Rebuild the district of Belen in 3 stages. A) Pollution cleanup, B) Rebuild houses and infrastructure C) Create a World Class Sailing Boat industry
5) Create a “Keep Peru Beautiful” TV campaign to fight littering
6) Create a mechanism for getting people off the streets and back in the jungle
7) Create a spiritual mechanism for preserving and uniting shamanism and spreading the “connect to nature” message globally
The other 25% of the money will pay off the investors
The pyramid will be finished by 9th September 2009. It will be floated by 8th August 2008. 7-7-7 was an important date but that’s a secret, you’ll have to ask me about that in person if you catch me hanging around!
In the next few years Iquitos will become the spiritual capital of the world. If good vibrations were felt in California ’69 then get ready for the tropical tycoon coming soon. From the centre of the most bio diverse land mass of the world the answer to the worlds problems will be realised. The nonsense of the current situation will be forgotten as mankind enters the New Age with the confidence and identity to reach for the stars and a beautiful world to offer our children
Thanks for reading and I would love to hear your ideas too. There is a forum on my website that I am trying to get started. It would be wonderful if you would write something there…
www.pyramidperu.com
Ryan Smith
My Voyage up the Napo
Bogota - dontknow - colombia
2008-02-11 09:23:50
Ok I´m in Cali Colombia now just to let you know the status.
As for my trip up the river well the word interesting does come to mind. there were a few boat problems, missed the first fair so a day was lost there. the boat we were to go up the river in was not finished so a day of drinking cane rum and feeling the results of riverwater followed. Still it was interesting to see the boat being built that would take us up river. Another unexpect turn of events was the boat builder trying to get me in bed with (I think) his 15 year old daugther..... no I did not but damit it she was pretty.
I have a good Ideal for and artical in your paper "what happen to all the girls ages 18 to 30 on the rio napo". I think their in Iquitos with you bunch of vagabonbs.
anyway we had a slow start but made up time with long days of heading up stream peky-peky style. In Short the view was great not alot of change but you know that heading in, lots of pocked holes where people were doing forestry, small islands and sandy beaches.
The people were kind and tried their best to help I wish I spoke spanish I would of got alot more out of the trip but at lest I learned some basic stuff.
Had an interesting experience with Achyska or what ever its call. I like to think for it as the "what the hell were you thinking drug". kinda like what I would expect heroun is like when your going through a very bad withdral. Can´t say I was prepared for that but ultimitly it was unque and not to be forgoten, I´m glad I did it.
After long days and nights filled with spear fishing, fishing with a net and just plain old eaten fish till your start thinking masatos would be a nice change. I was I must say glad to be over with it but happy to of done it. FYI don´t by any means swim in the river period.
one last thing I don´t know what happen to pepe but he owed me 50 soles, went off to change it and never came back. I wouldn´t of cared if not for the fact that I was stuck in rockferay without enough money to catch the fairy. I had to make a deal with another guide which took me on an extra 3 day trip in the national park in Ecuador before reaching coca. To make things even more complated I couldn´t draw money out of the atm machines in caco stalling me another 2 days. it all worked out fine in the end but still I would like to know what the hell happen to pepe he was suppost to pickup 4 german girls that day going down stream.
well that´s my story take it easy
Ryan
George Bareham
A Break in Iquitos
Hull - East Yorkshire - England
2008-01-08 09:46:27
I arrived in Iquitos for my third visit last October and I booked into the same hotel that I\-d stayed in the previous twice. Cheap, not cheerful. I hadn\-t planned to do much. Just hang about. I\-d been on the go for nearly four months. Most of which in Brazil then a tour of Peru finishing off in Iquitos then the plan was to take the fast boat up to Colombia to revisit more old haunts.
I arrived from Puerto Maldonado and spent most of my first few days just wandering around Belen with my camera. I pulled a woman in the museum (not difficult). She wasn\-t an exhibit I have to stress.
Anyway, it was after this that things went catastrophically downhill. I was, I admit, drunk back at my hotel when I fell in the bathroom, breaking my ankle and taking a big chunk out my hand on the smashed wash basin that I took down with me floorwards. It\-s a long story but needless to say I lay unconscious on the floor for a long time and lost a frightening amount of blood. I repeatedly tried to get up after I had come round for the first time but found myself in various places around the bedroom passed out again with cuts to me head that I had banged as I had fallen. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I somehow eventually got myself out of there and packed my bag, found another hotel and hobbled to a resturant as I hadn\-t eaten for 24 hours. I sat down, went wobbly and blacked out again, ending up spread-eagled on the floor with a thousand faces peering down at me. You know that big restaurant on the square? There. The police were called who man-handled me into their vehicle and took me to the \-hospital\-. Not a pleasant place. I insisted the docs look at my hand and eventually they agreed to stitch it. Well, they give you a shopping list of things to buy first i.e. stitches, anaesthetic, sterile gloves, hypodermic etc. So you have to go out and buy them then pay the doctors before they\-ll do anything. They stitched my hand and head, told me my leg was OK then chucked me out. Next day I went to another hospital and there they x-rayed my ankle and of course it was broken. They wanted to operate. I said no, so there began the long process of getting myself back to England. That\-s another story and a half. I got back and it didn\-t need operating on luckily.
I am indebted to everyone at Mad Mick\-s. On the second day, before I got my ankle X-rayed I bumped into Aura, Mike\-s glamorous assistant. She directed me towards his bunk house. From then on everyone there: Mike, Aura, Elizabeth, Anthony et al, all helped me so much. Anthony got crutches made for me (rainforest model), Elizabeth took me to hospital, Aura arranged my return flight to England, Mike kept my spirits up. They all went out of their way to help me in my hour of need. you couldn\-t hope to meet a nicer bunch of people. In a strange environment it\-s nice to have people you can trust around you.
So anyone reading this and wondering where they are going to stay in Iquitos and is on a budget. You know where to go.
Happy New Year!
(By the way, I\-ll be back).
Thom Young
Happy Holidays
Clemson - South Carolina - USA
2007-12-02 12:10:02
I have been to iquitos seven times and enjoy it totally. I would like to wish everyone in Iquitos a very happy holiday season.
Gudrun Sperrer
Richard Fowler
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2007-11-13 16:46:19
To J.Hampshire Re; Richard Fowler
Unfortunately I don-t know who you are,but anyway I want to thank you for the information about this man.It just shows me that it was right what I thought of him.I have told several people not to take his services,but unfortunately there are quite a few tourists who come to the Amazon and don-t think in conservation,but only in their private exotic adventure,without caring the least bit.I am going to forward your and my email to Mike Collis,the editor of the Iquitos Times,and ask him to publish it-if you do not agree,please write ,or contact with Mick-his email is:michaelcollis@hotmail.comThanks again for your emailBest wishes Gudrun Sperrer
Helen Hazelman
Monkey Island
Palma - Majorca - Spain
2007-10-29 11:12:13
My Visit to Monkey Island
By Helen Hazelman, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Having been in Iquitos,Peru for 8 days, we had a day to spare. We were told about an island in the middle of the Amazon River that was inhabited by an enormous amount of monkeys. We were intrigued. We spoke to “Mad Mick” who recommended we travel to the island on Bill Grimes´s boat \"Dawn On The Amazon\". We contacted Bill and the next day we set off at 9 a.m. from The Yellow Rose Of Texas Restaurant and Bar. Having arrived in Bella Vista Nanay by mototaxi. We boarded what can only be described as a floating masterpiece. We then set off down the Amazon River on a 2 hour journey to Monkey Island. As soon as we arrived, the monkeys seemed to appear out of nowhere, obviously drawn to the bunches of bananas we were carrying. This 200 hectare island is not only inhabited by 9 species of monkeys but 10 families, all of whom devote their lives to caring for these primates. Bill was even surpised to see a species that even he didn\-t recognise. This large monkey had long ginger hair, a bright red face and a stumpy tail. This particular monkey went by the name of \"Ingles\". We then walked into the jungle accompanied by a troop of monkeys who seemed to know which way to go, whilst other monkeys screeched and howled in the canopy. The people who protect these monkeys have planted a variety of fruit trees such as starfruit, banana, pineapple, cocona and guava, to ensure the monkey’s staple diet is maintained. We returned to the dock and then made voluntary contributions to the monkey sanctuary. We boarded our boat for the 2 hour trip back up river to Bella Vista, exhausted but totally exhilarated from our day on Monkey Island.
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If you would like to meet these monkeys, and have a wonderful day on the Amazon River that you’ll never forget... please contact Bill Grimes at: 223 730 or 9939190
We recommend you take an insect repellant and rubber boots for your trip.
Check out his web site at: www.dawnontheamazon.com
J.P.Rouse
Richard Fowler
Fort Lauderdale - Florida - USA
2007-10-21 18:08:28
The Amazon was incredible and beautiful, and I would recommend the Amazon jungle as a trip to anyone. Our guide, Richard Fowler, was dreadful. He is an absolute expert on nature but is also an irrational, irritable individual prone to being drunk for much of the daylight hours of the trip and not focusing on actually getting into the jungle on walks/trails. He focused more on disappearing for a few hours, with little explanation on his return other than attempting to insult us by telling us very loudly that we were -just like Americans, with their need for instant gratification- (he is American, and we had asked where he had been for the last three hours). I hope you pick a better guide. Either way, not even this experience can take away from the beauty of the Amazon--a truly magical place.
Pierce Beach
Iquitos Thoughts
Leominster - Pensylvania - U.S.A.
2007-10-21 10:09:42
My Iquitos Thoughts
Before beginning I should mention that the following is mostly my humble opinion and my thoughts. I could be, and probably am, completely wrong.
My stay in Iquitos was very short, only 14 days. However one of the things that I noticed was a lack of awe.
I saw very few people who went to the Boulevard and simply looked over to the jungle. I mean here sits this modern city of 400,000 people, give or take, that sits just kilometers from the world-s largest pharmacy. 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are based on Amazon Rainforest trees and plants; yet less than 1% of the plants have been tested. To put that into perspective, one square kilometer of the Amazon rainforest contains about 90,790 tons of living plants. This may include over 75,000 types of trees and 150,000 species of plants within that square kilometer. All those plants produce 20% of the total oxygen for the entire planet.
The Amazon Rainforest occupies only about 2% of the total landmass on earth, yet approximately 50% of all the animal species reside here. One estimate puts the Amazon Rainforest as home to 2.5 million insect species, 3,000 fish species, 1,294 bird species, 427 mammal species, 427 amphibian species, and 378 reptile species. Sorry for the numbers but it is staggering. To paraphrase someone, whose name I am ashamed to say I forgot, "There be monsters there."
As the numbers suggest, there is a staggering amount of biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest. My mind cannot begin to fathom all of the things occurring in the jungle as I write this. Of all of these jungle activities, so few, if any, are even aware of the city at all. It astounds me that two places that are so geographically close can be so isolated from each other. I suspect that only the Natives who come back and forth from the jungle to the city everyday or so, to trade or take care of other business are really aware of both. I suppose that the point of all my rambling this evening as I sit here at El Gringo Bar looking down Putumayo Street, at the jungle just visible over the rail of the Boulevard is this; whether you are a tourist, a traveler, a trekker, an adventurer, or an inhabitant of the city, the next time you find yourself on the Boulevard for whatever reason, take a moment and contemplate what is going on out there in the green on the horizon.
kiwi keri
Iquitos,my kinda place
Iquitos - Loreto - Peru
2007-10-19 17:55:42
WHATS IN THE AIR IN IQUITOS that puts a spring in our step?
As an introduction I´ll tell you that I arrived here six days ago, not so fresh of the boat, to spend the night before definitely heading onwards to Brasil. I was quickly enchanted with the place, and felt a conviction to stay with no plans and nothing to do, just see what happened. Without any effort I´ve followed the river´s flow. Within a couple of days I was thinking about fairies, something us self confessed cynics don´t normally do. But then again I have been feeling anything but normal, un poco loca actually. Not only fairies, but all sorts of things I´d never considered before, and I guess I had never opened my mind to them. How wonderful is a child´s imagination!
I love the colourful tiles, the river and the green vegetation that relaxes my eyes. I love the exotic food, peoples smiles, looking at twinkles in eyes, even the cacophony of the moto carros (indeed that hum seems harmonious now). Put simply, I´m keen as mustard about this place. So enthusiastic I am that I will write regularly and tell you personal anecdotes as they occur, recipes, facts and fiction. It could be about spirits, medicine or intuition. You may find it interesting, or ridiculous and like I said we´ll have to see what happens and try not to take it too seriously I think, laughing is the way to go. A good chuckle, watering eyes, giggles and belly rumbles. That’s the ticket.
My first Iquiteño breath was an intoxication one. Struggling against the flow of people rushing on board, I laughed and laughed as I disembarked. Where I´m from it´s considered polite and sensible to let people off before you get on. Yet I found the situation so splendidly illogical that it became hilarious. Well, that was the beginning of my love affair with Iquitos, and I guess I have just answered my own question. Love is in the air. With all its silly grins, unhurried pace and butterfly bellies. I´m off to the jungle for ten days or so and I´ll get back to you upon my return. Till then, I wish you buenos dias mis amigos.
PS Tantas cosas nunca entendì. Y algo increible me pasò en esta cuidad. Me esta abriendo la mente como no hize desde chiquitita, cambiando la forma cuadrada de pensar. Se me habìa olvidado de la màgica en la vida…y ahora, pues, como me estoy dando cuenta de ella de nuevo. Solo sè que nada se!
Helen Hazelman
hey Sacha
Palma de Mallorca - Calvia - Spain
2007-09-26 15:38:20
Sacha,
I have to say that in all the years Ive known my dad he is many things but certainly NOT a pimp!.Hes doing great things for Iquitos,he should be admired not badmouthed.
So get with the programme girlfriend or go get laid or something...it sounds like you need some!
Shamus
The Party Continues
Caracas - Almeda - Venezuela
2007-08-17 00:29:59
Mikey,
Great job on keeping the party alive!!! Since 2001, you have been the standard in Iquitos. Great times at the "La Casa de Fierro"........the "Yellow Rose"....and of course....MAD MICKS...Take care...and get ready for the class of 2001 reunion!!
Shamus
David Curington
the lady in lima
Albuquerque - New Mexico - USA
2007-08-15 05:50:19
MICK IS DOING A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE YOUNG LADYS IN IQUITOS. HE IS NOT A PIMP HE USED TO TRY TO SELL HIMSELF WITH NO LUCK. AS FOR THE LADY IN LIMA IF SHE IS A LADY MUST BE UGLY ENOUGH TO STOP A FREIGHT TRAIN OR MAYBE SHE NEEDS MICKS HELP TO FIND A MAN BUT WE ALL KNOW THE WOMEN IN LIMA ARE NOT AS PRITY AS THE WOMEN IN IQUITOS . SO I CAN SEE WHY LIMA WOMEN ARE SO JEALIOUS.
Tracy Waters
Perfect Partners
Vancouver - B.C. - Canada
2007-08-11 01:00:43
There are many singles web-sites on the web and in
papers here in Canada. No one seems to be offended nor
do they complain. Perhaps it is the full body shots
that are upsetting this woman. I found that the
pictures where done with taste. Maybe head shots are
what would make everybody happy as that is what is
usually used. I see nothing wrong with hooking up
lonely people. As long as everyones intention is in
check.
Tracy Ruth Waters
Love and Respect
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