Leticia, Colombia. My Trip to the Amazon.

Me standing in front of a giant tree whose name I can not remember or pronounce even if I did.

November 4, Day 1

 I arrived to Leticia, Colombia in the evening of November 4, 2017.  According to google maps, my hotel was a short walk from the airport and since I don't mind walking I decided to skip taking a taxi (no ride sharing apps here). 

Unfortunately, Google Maps was wrong about the location of the hotel and I ended up having to walk about an extra 25 minutes.  While that may not seem like a long time, I was dressed for Bogota weather (cold) in the Amazon (hot).  So lets just say I was drenched in sweat when I finally arrived to the hotel.  It wasn't too hard to figure out where it was based on the address and how they number their streets.

I stayed at the Waira Suites which I booked on Booking.com.  The hotel was probably the nicest one in all of Leticia (and that is not saying much).  I check into the hotel and they don't even take my credit card.  They tell me I'll pay when I leave.  This is odd to me since I am used to hotels in the USA swiping your card and placing an immediate hold on your card for the final bill plus a certain amount per day for incidentals.  My room was nice.  There was a king size bed, air conditioning and warm water for showers.  The only downside was that the WiFi was horrendous.  I soon learned that this was the case for all of Leticia so unlikely the hotel could have done anything about it.

Since it was late and I didn't feel like venturing outside, I decided to eat at the hotel restaurant (which was probably one of the nicest in the entire town).  Total cost for the meal was around $13.  After dinner, I went back to my room to read and try and use my phone.  The best I could do was turn the phone on airplane mode and then off to try and get it to reconnect to maybe get a few minutes of horrible cell service.  Otherwise, my phone was basically useless.

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