The Festival of San Juan Blocks Traffic to the Amazon Golf Course
The San Juan Festival is one of the largest parties of the year in Iquitos Peru. San Juan Bautista, or Saint John the Baptist, is the patron saint of the Amazon, and he is honored with dancing, drinking, and feasting on many…juanes, a local delicacy made from either rice, yucca, or chonta, with chicken, fish, or pork, seasoned with regional spices, and wrapped in a bijao leaf from the jungle that adds a special flavor.
This morning on the way to the Amazon Golf Course our moto-carro could barely make it through the crowd in the suburb of San Juan which is the center of the celebration. On the way back to town later in the afternoon we were caught in a traffic jam and were lucky to get through. It seemed like everyone was dancing in the streets of San Juan. In fact after we broke through the traffic, the rest of Iquitos was nearly deserted.
The Amazon Golf Course greens crew were hard at work on the back greens even if it was a holiday, and they planted several more trees today. They are hoping the patron saint of the Amazon will bless our efforts.
Two of our golf students from the Saturday classes came out and practiced today. They are going to be good golfers.
The Festival of San Juan Blocks Traffic to the Amazon Golf Course
Captain Bill Grimes also writes for the Captain’s Blog; click the live link to read more creative content about Iquitos Peru, The Amazon Golf Course, The Amazon River, the rainforest, and to catch a glimpse of our lives lived large on the edge of civilization, surrounded by jungle. Thanks.
This link is to a good article; Celebrate The San Juan Festival in Iquitos Peru.
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