I blurted it out as a desperate joke after I got robbed on a night bus between the lush jungle town of Puerto Maldonado and the dusty, wasteland of Juliaca …
Ok, this is going to be more of a rant. I’ve been off line with no WIFI for a little while because I was in the jungle. There will be …
It was a treat to arrive in Puerto Maldonado, one of Peru’s small jungle communities, after spending a couple of months in the high altitude of Cusco and the Andes. …
Sandoval Lake is a large fresh-water lake near Puerto Maldonado in Peru. It is home to many species of waterfowl, giant otters and even black caiman. Luckily, we didn’t have …
Pepe, the parrot, owns this place, although he has more tolerance for females than for males. You get a free pass to the patio if you are of the more feminine …
Maruka was my little jungle companion while I stayed in a lodge along the Río Madre de Dios in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. She tapped on my laptop keyboard with her …
A tiny ant is crawling aimlessly along the grey margin of my office program on my laptop screen, occasionally crossing into the lines of text like a cursor gone mad. …
As I floated along with the warm, murky current of the Rio Madre de Dios in the shallow waters that lap against Monkey Island’s shore, I strained my eyes to …
Tonight at 9:00 p.m., I will be on my way to Puerto Maldonado, a small city in the jungle near the Bolivian border. I booked the bus ticket yesterday, however …
Never have I felt such a tug to leave as I do right now. Well, maybe I have. It’s the same kind of tug that tells you that you shouldn’t …
There’s nothing more effective than a little TNT to wake you up at 7:30 a.m. after a crazy night of partying. My head is pounding, but thankfully I wasn’t out …
I realized this morning that I haven’t been writing my daily journals like I planned to when I wrote the post titled, “Tough Moments Inspire Change”. The journals are meant …
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