by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 22, 2011 | Guyana, South America, Venezuela
We stand and eat breakfast, huddled like horses, at camp Pig Farm. Marisol, our guide who comes from Guyana, explains the perils of the day. The ascent will be straight up, and we need to climb with our hands. Be careful placing hands on rocks, branches and wet clay,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 21, 2011 | South America, Venezuela
Zooming down a narrow road through the dark Amazon Rain Forest, inside of a freezing cylinder, proves a bizarre contrast to the sweltering heat in the city of Manaus. Long distance busses in both Venezuela and Brazil use either an “on” or “off” switch for the same...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 11, 2011 | Brazil, South America
Busses zoom past us, jockeying through traffic congestion…about 25 busses per minute. Mare and I swelter in the Amazon sun which vaporizes the recent downpour. We understand not a word of Portuguese. The sweat from our backpacks pulls our pants down. Finally, we board...
