We just flew into Iquitos Thailand/Peru, hot humid scooter.motorbikes and tuk tuks fill the roads. Now this town is isolated, coming from Perth i get it but this town cannot be accessed by road and it’s got 500,000 people in it. So it’s all river and air transport. We got to our hotel and was greeted by Hugh Hefner in his robe who told us that there was food but now it’s late. We were amused since it was 7:30pm. We then walked around and there found a tree house that would put robinson crusoe to shame. We really needed food so we climbed into a Tuk Tuk and motored off to a chinese restaurant called Long Dong Fong. Bumped into another political rally and came home.

At home we discovered the place was used to shoot and house the stars/crew of Fitzcarraldo. You know the Beatles right? Ok, so a bit later one there was a band named The Clash, you know The Clash? Ok, no. So you know Rock The Casbah? Ok that year. 1982 was when the film was released but the writers/producers etc stayed in Iquitos for 5 years prior. Mind boggling. Hugh Hefner is really Walter Saxer the executive producer. He co-owns the place and runs it from what i can gather, nice bloke who occasionally gets pulled out of the jungle to produce films.

We wake up the next morning to the sounds of a rooster barking and a dog crowing.

Must dash, i’ve got to have breakfast by the palm covered pool and next to the naked mermaids.

Later

El Hutcho