Peru travel stories

Building the Raft

I woke early and met George at his house. We had breakfast and than took a long walk to a saw mill on the outskirts of town. We went to the mill to find scraps of wood that could be used to refurbi...

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Pucallpa

I’d been traveling for about a month since I finished my service with the Peace Corps in Paraguay. I was with my Chilean girlfriend, Pali, and our hope was to reach Venezuela by land. We had alre...

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The End of the Journey

That morning we woke early to the sound of the market next to us. We began to sell our supplies including the machete, water container, plastic tarp and other items. The local children took what wa...

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Day 5 The Final Stretch

In the morning I returned the mosquito net to the villager, we said our good byes and pushed off. A majority of the locals were still sleeping when we left. I guess I assumed that rural people alwa...

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Day 4 – Indigenous Village

The good sleep renewed my energy and I was more optimistic about finishing the journey. We said our good-byes and Thank Yous to the villagers and pushed off. The first hour or so on the water was p...

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