The boat finally arrived in Iquitos, a day late I might add, but it was early so maybe it did have its advantages, an extra nights accommodation had been included for free, some more food, for free, not too bad I'd say. People were starting to get off, Brian and myself were stuck behind some fools trying to unload some plantain, we missed our stop, the boat just backed up and left the dock. What the hell is going on, why has the boat left before everybody had a chance to get off. The boat had now been filled with tramp like men all waiting to unload things and take their payment of a couple of plantain bananas. We pulled into another dock about 200m down the river. Before we even had a chance to get off, some stupid bastards just jumped straight on the boat, we had to push them aside so we could get off the boat.
Once off we got into a tuk tuk to take us to some place to stay, I was undecided if I was going to stay or not yet. We went to some place that didn't have enough space so we left to go to another place, that place did have plenty of space, they all checked in, I stood and watched, a little envious I might add. There was a spare bed in a room that was only $15 Soles, they easily pulled my arm to stay for one night with them. In one room, there were four beds, one for me, one for Brian, one for David and one for Mayta, Koen and Ludwig went to another room, a double room, they prefer there privacy a bit more than the rest of us.
Best of all this place had a pool, I hadn't had a swim in a pool for ages. Once I had sorted my stuff out I went in for a dip. It felt so good taking a dip in the pool, escaping the extreme humidity and getting a bit of exercise.