What is the world’s largest continental city that cannot be reached by road ?
▻http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PlaneMad/diary/38453 #geography
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Ah ben tiens, je venais de lire que l’unique ligne maritime qui la desservait venait de disparaître à la suite de l’immobilisation de son unique navire à Tampico, soupçonné de trafic illégal de bois…
Iquitos, à 1 900 milles de l’océan, perd sa seule ligne régulière
▻http://www.lemarin.fr/secteurs-activites/shipping/24920-iquitos-2-000-milles-de-locean-perd-sa-seule-ligne-reguliereLe port péruvien d’Iquitos, sur l’Amazone mais à 1 900 milles du débouché du fleuve sur l’Atlantique, était connecté au reste du monde par la Peruvian Amazon Line (PAL), qui a été finalement obligée de suspendre son activité.
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Yacu Kallpa Crew Left High and Dry in Tampico | World Maritime News
▻http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/183915/yacu-kallpa-crew-left-high-and-dry-in-tampico
image : ShipspottingThe crew of the Yacu Kallpa has been stranded in the port of Tampico, Mexico for almost a month after being detained for carrying alleged illegal cargo.
The ship was carrying some 4,000 tonnes of timber from Peruvian port Iquitos, Peru to Tampico, where it was supposed to be unloaded. However, some of its cargo was found to be illegal and has already been seized by the Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
The 18 crew members of the ship have been abandoned by the Peruvian ship owner Yacu Taski ever since and are faced with lack of supplies, according to the local media.
Moreover, the crew’s captain is said to have asked for help from a human rights organization in the port as the seafarers did not have enough food.
The ship was declared abandoned and has reportedly been put up for sale for USD 4 million. Another potential solution for the crew, is for the legal part of the ship’s cargo to be put up for sale and the proceeds from the sale to be used to pay up the crew’s outstanding salaries and repatriate them.
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Ca a pas l’air forcément merveilleux à visiter par contre (à la saison sèche en tout cas)
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À défaut de se faire livrer par l’Amazone, peut-être qu’ils peuvent se faire livrer par Amazon… (en drône ?)
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La ville attire un grand nombre de touristes venus du monde entier. On observe en particulier un fort développement du tourisme chamanique, autour de la prise d’ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi), une plante hallucinogène utilisée par les Amérindiens.
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