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Life and Death in the Andes: How an Epic Journey Came About
Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a 4,500-mile Journey Down the Andes and the Book that Came From it Entry from my...
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Life and Death in the Andes: The Strange Places Book Ideas Come From
Life and Death in the Andes’ Travel Route The journey down the spine of the Andes, from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, actually began several years before I left. The idea for such a voyage had been in...
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South America Travel Gear
Condo floor, night before departure, with half-packed suitcases South America Travel Gear: Overland Equipment to Take Although this wasn’t my first trip to South America, the voyage down the Andes was...
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Medellín, Colombia: Pablo Escobar’s Home Turf
Journal Entry: Medellín, Colombia: Walking towards Botero plaza from my hotel, men selling plums and avocados and pears on wooden carts, each with a microphone and speaker system, each competing for...
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A Visit to La Catedral, Pablo Escobar’s Prison (Part 1)
La Catedral Prison From my travel journal: Medellín, Antioquia I met Pablo Ochoa—not the Colombian drug king, but the name of my cab driver—sitting in the fifth cab in a long line of cabs in Envigado,...
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Spanish Team Discovers Lost Ruins of Inca Guerrillas
Map of the Inca Empire and location of discovery A team of Spanish explorers and scientists, using satellite imagery, discovered in mid-September a previously unknown Inca site some 150 miles north of...
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Kon Tiki 2 Rafts Set Sail from Peru for Easter Island
The Kon Tiki 2 prepares for its maiden voyage in the port of Callao (Lima), Peru Kon-Tiki Expedition Raft Trip Revived with Trip to Easter Island Oct 29, 2015 El Comercio (Translated by Kim MacQuarrie)...
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A Visit to La Catedral, Pablo Escobar’s Prison, Part II
The Death of Pablo Escobar, by Fernando Botero From my travel journal: Medellín, Antioquia: Pablo [Ochoa] and I arrive on the dirt road finally at the cluster of buildings that used to house Pablo...
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A Visit to Pablo Escobar’s Prison, La Catedral, Part III
Pablo Escobar, Muerto, by Fernando Botero From my travel journal: Medellín, Antioquia: My driver and I walk about the prison area, the air fresh from the recent rains, the sun out now, El Poblado like...
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