I Wasn't Expecting That

We are catching the night bus to Porto Velho tonight at 9pm so we have a long wait around the hotel today. I say a hotel very loosely, but there are no hostels here, and if im honest most of the hostels have been of a higher standard than here, but as they say we are in the jungle. We get up, and pack the bags, having a couple of hours to relax as checkout isnt till 1130. We leave our bags in reception, and go out to explore the city, we didnt get to see much last night as it was dark when we arrived. Its strange as well because i expected there to be a time difference from Peru, but the time was still the same. Everywhere we go random guys keep coming up to us asking for a cigarette, and rather than take the chance we oblige , whats a cigarette between friends ? We walk to the Plaza we were at last night and everywhere is closed so we make our way down towards the river. On the right we pass a huge white building , which is the Palacio Rio Branco, a historic building but as its Sunday it isnt open. The waterfront is littered with brightly coloured houses and we cross the bridge to take us to the historical quarter on the other side. We walk around but literally nothing is open apart from a churrasco that is packed to the rim with locals. We wander further along the river but there is nothing to see so on te way back we stop at the churrasco to eat. They awas say eat where the locals eat. Theyre not wron we have an absolute feast of rice ferrofe feijoida salad steak sausage nd chicken with a drink for 3 quid. we mosey back to the hotel and spend the afternoon just sitting around. I check the buus online and it looks like the bus we are going to catch is full. there is another one at 930 sso i suggest to Mark we might as well wait at the bus station as sit here. We collect our belongings and head to the station. When we arrive i go to the ticket desk and am pleasantly surprised to find they have seats availableon the 8pm bus . The couple of hours fly by and its not long before were climbing aboard. The night buses are ok especially if you have a full cama seat but this one only has semi camas and although you can dose off you dont really get a goodd nights sleep. This is especially apparent tonight when at 1am we are all told to get of the bus because there is a high chance of danger? what the hell? we are in the middle of a dirt track and everbody is instructed to go up the hill in front of us. When we reach the top there is a huge river and because we have to get on a platton is the reason why weve all had to get off. Honestly i couldnt have written this, there was no mention of this when i booked the tickets . Its 1am and i am stood on a floating platoon the moon shining in the sky with the bus alongside us with 50 other people but the only one being eaten alive by the mossies. They are even serving coffee on the barge ! After about 45 minutes we are back on dry land and all allowed to board the bus again. Thankfully its not been too cold and once back on the bus we snuggle back up and drift off.Læs mere