How to: Trot around Tarapoto

Chelsey’s Backpacking Edition:

TOP TIPS WHEN TRAVELING IN PERU:

1. Tap water is not drinkable
2. Carry black activated charcoal pills on you in case your stool gets loose.
3. Use Hostelworld or booking.com for accommodations
4. CHARLES SCHWAB DEBIT CARD (NO ATM FEES OR FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEES)
5. Use MultiRed ATM for cash pullouts (no extra fees)
6. T-MOBILE INCLUDES UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL DATA USE (No need to change numbers when traveling to different countries!)

7. MUST TRY: Saltado amazonico

Place of stay: Tengana Hospedaje Y Tours – it’s fine, can’t complain, nothing special. The water isn’t hot but not awful for this type of heat. The rooms are big and the Wi-Fi works fine!

• Recommend amount of time: Up to you! There’s a ton to do here but I stayed for 4 days!

Activities:

• Laguna Azul: Fun experience hanging on the lake for a few hours in the Amazon. Extra activities to do at the lake are additional; jet ski, banana boat, water tube. You stop at pretty…