{"id":2455,"date":"2015-02-10T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:00:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:00:41","slug":"tarapoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2015\/02\/10\/tarapoto","title":{"rendered":"Tarapoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tarapoto is a gateway city to the Peruvian Amazon, and at 1,000 feet above sea level is blessedly cooler than the rest of the rainforest.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We are staying at the lovely Hotel Plaza del Bosque, for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-democracy.org\/blog\/technologists-indigenous-activists-convene-in-the-peruvian-amazon\/\">#HackTheRainforest<\/a> gathering of technologists and indigenous activists. In between talks and coding sessions, we&#8217;ve had a wonderful time exploring the town and surrounding area. The local fish cooked in banana leaf, called <em>patarashca<\/em> is delicious, and pairs well with a refreshing Cusque\u00f1a beer. Later, after a handful of infused jungle spirits, I found myself at Anaconda Discoteck, dancing awkwardly to cumbia with new friends late into the night.<\/p>\n<p>For an outdoor activity break we went rafting on the Rio Mayo, which has class 3-3.5 rapids hidden in the silty water. It was a fun experience for the whole team, and while many of the Peruvian participants were used to rivers as transportation, their use as rollercoaster was new and exciting. A friend used his GoPro to film my epic battle with the waves, and when we uploads it via the incredibly slow net connection, I&#8217;ll post it here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8630\/15925759193_c4fce65124_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Tarapoto Sunset\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8630\/15925759193_c4fce65124_m.jpg\" alt=\"Tarapoto Sunset\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Tarapoto Sunset<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7390\/16359709499_f8dfab6b7e_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Fresh Coconuts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7390\/16359709499_f8dfab6b7e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Coconuts\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Fresh Coconuts<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7381\/15883930843_cec41ce3af_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Arrived in Tarapoto for #hacktherainforest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7381\/15883930843_cec41ce3af_m.jpg\" alt=\"Arrived in Tarapoto for #hacktherainforest\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Hotel Grounds<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0881.jpg\" title=\"Ubiquitous Tuk-Tuks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0881-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0881\" width=\"240\" height=\"164\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2459\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Ubiquitous Tuk-Tuks<\/h4>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarapoto is a gateway city to the Peruvian Amazon, and at 1,000 feet above sea level is blessedly cooler than the rest of the rainforest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peru","tag-peru"],"geo":{"latitude":-6.4824786,"longitude":-76.3726883,"description":"Tarapoto, Peru"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}