“The light of faith shines bright here,” whispers a passerby as we reach a modest yet welcoming building. This, my friends, is La Lámpara, a beacon of the Unión Bíblica del Perú right here in the heart of Iquitos. While the building itself may not boast the grandeur of some of Iquitos’s rubber-boom-era architecture, La Lámpara holds a special place in the city’s spiritual landscape. This evangelical church, a testament to the city’s diverse cultural and religious tapestry, offers a glimpse into a side of Iquitos less influenced by its colonial past and more reflective of its modern, dynamic identity. La Lámpara, with its open doors and warm embrace, serves as a reminder that faith, much like the ever-flowing Amazon, finds its course through the heart of this remarkable city.
Immigrations office
“Iquitos!?” you might exclaim, blinking in the humid Amazonian heat. “I thought we were going to the main office in