Trapped in the World's Largest Rainforest (AMAZON)
So now I am going to try to get an entry in Peru. Their boat is leaking water from somewhere. Brother, at least tell me something. Otherwise we will get stuck. I am feeling very disappointed.
Where have I got stuck? Oh man, do I have to jump here? Hey guys, welcome back to the new vlog. My name is Tor Bashu. Right now I am at the tri-border of Brazil, Peru and Colombia.
Which is located in the middle of the world's largest rainforest, Amazon rainforest. And at the edge of the world's largest river, the Amazon river. You guys saw in the last video that I explored the tri-border.
Now it's time to cross the tri-border. To go to Peru. To officially enter Peru. Right now I am in the Laticia town of Colombia.
Without any visa, without any passport stamping. Because the three border towns of these three countries. To go to all three of them, there is no immigration requirement. For me to go to Peru.
Because I have just entered Brazil. So first of all, I will have to take Brazil's exit immigration. After that, I will have to take entry immigration in Peru. So first of all, I will go to Tabatinga. Which is Brazil's border town at the tri-border. I will take Brazil's exit from its immigration office.
Then I will go to Santa Rosa. Which is Peru's border town. Which is located in the island, in the middle of the Amazon river. Then I will take entry in Peru. I don't have any visa for Peru.
And normally people who go to Peru from India. They go from US or Canada visa. I don't have a US or Canada visa. But there is a rule that if you guys have.
US, Canada, Schengen, Australia and UK visa. So you can go to Peru up to 6 months in a year. So right now I have Australia's multiple entry visa. Which is an e-visa.
I don't even have it on my passport. So now I am going to try to take entry in Peru from Australia's e-visa. I don't have any valid visa from US, Canada, UK, Schengen at the present time. I will get exit in Brazil. But I don't know if they will give me entry from Australia's e-visa or not.
Will they know the rule or not. We will go and see. Right now I am standing outside my hostel. In Colombia, Leticia. I am going to Brazil.
I have called this motor taxi. Immigration office is about 4 km from here. Right now the time is 10.30 am. Immigration office closes at 12 pm. This is Bajaj's motor taxi. In India, Bajaj is called Platina.
But here Bajaj is called Platino. BN? No BN? BN. BN. Good. De la India.
Excellente. Excellente? Excellente la Platino. Excellente.
Very excellent bike. De la India. De la India? Yeah.
The people here don't know. Very rare people know. That this motorbike is from India. They don't even know. De la India.
De la India. De la India. Where are you from? Leticia or Tabachinga? Leticia. Leticia. Colombia or UK? Vamos? Vamos.
Cuanto? Un motocarro te cobra 30. Cerca. Cerca. No man. He is asking for a lot of money.
10. 10. Normally it takes 5,000 Colombian Pesos. But he is asking for 4 times more than me. How many times will I come tomorrow? Un motocarro te cobra 30. No.
I don't want to go by motorbike. I want to go with you. Who should use the transfer? I am getting late. Leticia or Colombia? Leticia. Colombia. I am very late.
I have just go in my new motorbike. So we have reached the international border. Here we have Leticia and Colombia. See the flag of all three countries is there. So tabachinga Brazil. While enter Brazil from Colombia.
So friend, there is Brazil immigration office. But it is indicated policia federal. Wow! It is very new for me. It is very close from the border. Wow.
Wow. This board is still there, but I don't know. So I have to give them 10,000 pesos, Colombia's currency, something like that.
So they don't have change. So I have 2,000 pesos in my pass note, exactly 10,000 pesos. Let's give it. Come on, you will get change. OK? OK. Gracias. Ciao.
Let's go to the immigration office. Policia federal. I won't be able to use the camera inside. So I will turn off the camera. Porto? Porto. Santa Rosa.
All the motorbikes that are running here, almost all are moto taxis. Almost. If someone is not going for his work, he will take your money and leave you anywhere. I was standing, suddenly they stopped me. Porto? So guys, I have come out of the immigration office. I have already exited Brazil.
It took me 2 to 3 minutes. I didn't do anything. I took the passport.
I said I have to go to Peru. They gave me the exit stamp. OK. They gave me Brazil's exit stamp.
No caution marks. Nothing. I have to go to Peru.
I have to go to Peru. I have to go to Peru. I have to go to Peru. I have to go to Peru. I have to go to Peru.
Vamos. He took the boat out, got it back and is going back to the port again. It is getting late. It is 11 o'clock. Usually, the immigration office has their close at 12 o'clock.
What are you doing? Are you going back to the port? What is going on? Did you see any other passenger? What do you think? He has unfollowed the rules. He is not moving. He is going back and forth. So, this is the world famous Amazon river. World's largest river in terms of water discharge.
Finally, we have left. Okay. Thank you guys. Okay.
So, guys, we have reached the border town or border island of Peru, Santa Rosa. Unofficially. It is 11 o'clock. It is 11 o'clock. It is 11 o'clock.
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It is 11 o'clock. Yeah. So, I am here.
I haven't even entered yet. I am here without any passport or stamp, without immigration, unofficially. Let's go towards the immigration office. Let's see what happens.
There is a path of a lot of sticks. Many ways are moving. I showed you Santa Rosa in the previous video. Let's take a taxi from here directly to the immigration office.
Let's go. In the middle of the road, there are a lot of skips. No one is here. The car has come.
Let's go. It is as if there is no body. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go. It is snowing.
It is snowing. It is snowing. The road is moving. From the center, I showed you in the previous video. Let's take a taxi from here.
Direct to the immigration office. The line is connected. Immigration. Immigration. Okay.
The car has turned me on the other side. Maybe the road is tilting. The road is very bad. The car is going very sideways. Can you see? So guys, this is Santa Rosa town. Island town.
Or whatever you call an island. And this is Peru's immigration office in Santa Rosa. There is a building like this.
Look at this. These are our rickshaw drivers. He is saying, you can do immigration.
They will let you go back. I said, I don't know how long it will take. He said, no problem. I will wait. So let's go to Peru's immigration office.
Fingers crossed. I'll meet you guys after the Immigration I took a tuk-tuk from Santa Rosa, Peru went to the Santa Rosa port took a ferry from the Amazon river and now I'm back in Leticia, Colombia When I went for the Immigration I told them that I want to go to Peru I'm going to Brazil They asked me to show my visa I took my passport No one knew English, only Spanish The official language of Peru is Spanish Because Spain colonized them I took my passport and all the pages started flipping They must have taken away my Peru visa After a while they asked me to show my Peru visa I told them that I have a multiple entry visa from Australia According to the rules of Peru I can get a free entry from Australia I told them that I don't need a visa They didn't understand what I was saying Did they think that I was talking nonsense? If I had a US or Canada visa on my passport I would have got a free entry from Peru They didn't question me Because Australia is the only country that gives an e-visa It doesn't give a sticker or stamp visa on a passport So they asked me to show my passport visa They asked me what I was showing They were not sure if I would get a free entry from Australia They asked me to show my passport I called the immigration office They took a picture of my passport They took a picture of my Australian visa I sent it to them I reached there around 11.30pm I sat there for 45 minutes I waited They told me to go to the corner and sit My passport was with them I didn't know whether I would get a free entry or not They called me after 45 minutes They asked me why I came to Peru I told them that I came for tourism They asked me where I would go I told them the names of 5 places I told them that I am going to travel They asked me for how long I would be in Peru I told them that I would be in Peru for 1 month I randomly told them that I would be in Peru for 2-3 months They verified me They gave me a stamp on my passport They gave me a 90-day entry in Peru It took me 1 hour to get out of the immigration office I told the immigration officer that I would wait for him I didn't know how long it would take He didn't want to take money from me He waited for me for 1 hour He was angry He took me to the immigration office I gave him double amount of money He was happy Finally, I have entered Peru Now, I am officially in Peru Now, I have to go to the world's largest isolated city It is not located in an island It is located in the mainland It is not possible to reach there by road We are in a small town on the tri-border It is not a big city You can't come here by road The name of the place is Iquitos You can search on Google The world's largest isolated city is Iquitos You can go there only by boat or river Iquitos is the largest city of the Peruvian Amazon I have to go to Iquitos by boat It will take 3 days to reach there by boat It will take 72 hours to reach there It is 4 PM I have asked many people about the schedule of this ferry No one is telling me I have asked many people I have asked many people I was supposed to leave today But I couldn't find out I am trying to leave tomorrow I have to prepare a lot for this journey There will be no bed inside I have to buy a hammock I have to buy a rope I have to buy food I have to buy water I have to buy other things It will take half a day to prepare for this journey I am taking help from someone in the hostel Everything is still uncertain Nothing is fixed I am going to Bajaj by Tuk Tuk It will take 1 to 2 hours It will cost me $10 It will cost me $10 It will cost me $10 Tuk Tuk is from India Tuk Tuk is from India? Vien? Vien Muy bueno Muy bueno Tuk Tuk is from India It is very good He is telling me that we will buy half of the things from Brazil and the other half from Colombia We are going from Colombia to Brazil We are going from Tawatinga to Riza We will buy the things there We will have to exchange the currency We have come from Colombia to Brazil We have come to this shop It is going to be a tough 3 day journey It is going to be a raw journey There are a lot of hammocks hanging here Look at the size There will be no place to sleep on the boat There is a cargo ship and a raw place So we have to buy 3 things to sleep There is a hammock There is a blanket It is said that it will be very cold at night in the Amazon river There is a pair of rope We will be able to sleep This is a total of 71 reais It is around 1100 rupees This is 70 reais I will withdraw 1 rupee How much? 70 is fine Thank you We are trying to find out the exact time of the ferry It is taking a lot of time We have gone to a lot of places with them But we are not able to find out the exact time of the boat We plan to continue with them tomorrow morning We will find out the exact time of the boat It is 9 am We are trying again We are trying to find the exact time of the boat We will be able to buy the ticket It is written everywhere This boat is almost everywhere This boat is almost everywhere Today we are going to exchange the currency of Peru with the US dollar Because the preferred currency of the boat is the currency of Peru They prefer the currency of Peru They can also give other currencies But they can reduce the value of 5-10% So we are going to exchange the currency of Peru with the US dollar The name of the currency of Peru is Peruvian Sol In short, it is written SOL or PEN At present time, one Peruvian Sol is approximately 22-23 Indian Rupees And one US dollar is approximately 3.8 Peruvian Sol I have exchanged 100 US dollars I don't know how much I will get for the boat or the cargo ship Whatever is left will be used later One US dollar is officially 3.8 Sol But here I have got a rate of 3.6 Sol I have got a rate of 0.2 Sol
They have reduced the value of 5% So you can exchange the currency of Peru with this It is written 100 Sols on the note It is written 100 Sols on the note It is 10 Sols note It is 50 Sols note It is 50 Sols note It is 360 Sols It is 360 Sols note Once you get the ticket of the boat, you will get the final value It will be very easy There are many shops here People are having breakfast here Vinodiyas There is a shop for breakfast in the morning You can get juices here Travel is not that easy It is a 3 day travel And it takes minimum 1-2 days to prepare for a 3 day travel There is a landscape here There is mud here It is dry here There is a lot of water and mud here There is a road here It is very hot here It is very humid here It is 9.30 in the morning It is very hot here You can get out of here in 5-10 minutes From 9 in the morning to 5 in the evening You can get out of here in 5-10 minutes You can get out of here in 5-10 minutes I am talking to the boat people But no one is able to tell me clearly I am just guessing It can go from here, it can go from here, it can go from here, and no one knows the time. The board is saying that we will take you there.
There are big ships and cargo ships parked there. We will find out there and drop you back. And they are taking this much for 40 Rupees.
Around 600 Rupees. Just this much, understand. Looks like their boat is leaking water from somewhere. So this is a big cargo ship.
Cargo ship and passenger ship are combined. 1, 2, 3, 3 or 4. This is a 4-floor ship. At the lower level, all the cargo and goods are there.
At the upper 2 or 3 level, passengers come and go. So we are going to find out if this ship will go or not. Every place has the same route. From Patra to Patri. We have to walk and get down. I have also brought my passport.
I don't know if I asked for a passport for the boat ticket. In some places, they check Peru's entry stamp. But they don't give the boat ticket without Peru's entry stamp. They don't sell it. So I have to bring my passport. I am also scared that my passport might get wet.
If it gets wet, I will be in trouble. The whole journey will be ruined. What a boat this is! There is an underground boat under the boat. The goods are being taken out. There is a ticket office inside the boat.
Not this? No. Look at this. We have come a long way.
Please tell me if there is a boat. Otherwise, we will get stuck. A lot of people miss this boat. Because they don't know when the boat will leave. And the same thing is happening to me.
So guys, I am very disappointed. They are saying that this boat will probably leave tomorrow. He is the boatman. We have brought him here on a small boat.
He is saying that there are chances of another boat coming. It is 12 o'clock outside. And it will leave around 5 o'clock. So bring all your luggage and come to me at 3 o'clock. I am not a thief.
Bring your luggage. You will leave if all this happens. If not, you will have to go all the time. Hard work, energy is bad. You will have to go back. I am feeling like this.
Where have I got stuck? Do I have to jump here? Yes. So guys, it is 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I have left Laticia from the city.
From the tri-border. I have reached the port of Laticia. I am going to cross the Amazon river again. To the port of Santa Rosa. There is no confirmation yet.
That I will get a boat for Iquitos. But people have told me. So I am taking my bag and everything. Let's see. I left the hostel.
It's been 5-7 minutes. I am sweating profusely.
2024-12-11 03:23
