by Dan Travers | Oct 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
We leave very early for a 3 hour drive to Santa Maria de Nieva on a road that is supposed to be paved most of the way. After two hours on nothing but pitted, washed out gravel and dirt, we ask, “How much farther to Nieva?” “Only about three hours now” is the cryptic...
by Dan Travers | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
For the flight to Chiclayo, we are given first class seats. Not the way to toughen up our team for the jungle, but no one complains. The drive over the Andes to Bagua is long and winding. The temperature and humidity steadily rise eventually resembling the inside...
by Dan Travers | Oct 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Day 1 September 22, 2013 Lima: The Rivers Ran East team assembles; easygoing, experienced travelers. This project has been 7 years in the making, including Tammy and my first reconnaissance trip down here five years ago. It’s hard to believe its finally happening...
by Dan Travers | Sep 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sept 21. A long, marginally successful day of running errands in Peru. Dodging taxis instead of snakes. Everything takes forever. From our team, Tammy and I are here now, Alex Basaraba arrives late tonight, the others tomorrow eve. After a meeting with Kike, our...
by Dan Travers | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
…And the locals share a tantalizing secret! Kike, our Peruvian-Aguarunas connection, has spoken with some of his Aguarunas friends about our upcoming trip and goals. Apparently, one of them said, “These guys want to see old ruins? There are really old...
Equally at home in Peru, the mountains, or Seattle, Washington, Tammy Leland has spent the last 18 years exploring every nook and cranny of Peru’s Amazon, its Andes mountains, Southern desert and ancient history. Earning a reputation as a passionate adventurer and explorer, Tammy had wandered over 5 continents, spending her time learning from different indigenous cultures, gleaning important lessons about sustainable tourism and now offers practical guidance as a tourism consultant and environmental educator.
Living on the edge explorer, traveler and climber, Dan Travers has traversed, climbed, scaled, scrambled, skied, trudged, trekked, hiked, biked and kayaked in 6 different continents and over 40 countries. Wilderness First Responder trained and a jungle veteran, lacrosse player, beer drinker, trekker and traveler, diver and climber, but not dancer nor singer. "I want to experience all I can, because if you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space."