it connected the city of puerto maldonado with the city of cusco in the andes. that voyage used to take about two weeks in the rainy season. now it takes about 6 hours. the price of gold started to rise, and in 2008, it skyrocketed. and that created an unprecedented gold boom for tens of thousands of miners, who came from mainly the andes into madre de dios and started to take the forest apart. some of the most dense and biodiverse rain forests in the world. so la pampa is an area next to the highway. about 5 years ago, this was a place that was a couple miners, a couple tents. and it eventually became an illegal city that had thousands of people and was the gateway to the hotspot of illegal gold mining in the amazon. [karina garay speaking spanish] fernandez: it's a place that has now been taken apart by a government action called operation mercury. [man yells, men respond] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [gonzalo cordova speaks spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [woman speaking spanish] [camera focus adjusting] [garay

the city of cusco is located on altitude, it is almost hard to breathe everything, to talk on foot, toel tower, from which it is very blind. there is one mata de coco tea from the leaves, coca locals are sure, only he is able to prevent many troubles that can happen to an unprepared body at such a high altitude. decocca mats are sold in stores in bags, like the most ordinary tea. some tourists really want to join this tradition and buy several packs for export. kotya someone can surprise guests with mats, today, who just doesn’t have it. and here is coco but ends. this is usually bad. the smell goes away specific or any dog ​​at the customs instantly you with this coke. notice to the animal. it doesn't matter to traditions, as well as to customs officers. so prove to them later that you are not a drug courier, but only a connoisseur of exotic decoctions, the ancient indian doctors were well aware of the miraculous properties. the incas. used it as a more sedative and painkiller in medical operations and not only inca medicine was not just physical impact on the body from the point of v