by Dan Travers | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our quest, centered along the Maranon river, is drawing to an end. Our private boats take us down past ever-increasing signs of civilization to the town of Saramarisa which is nothing more than a rough trading port. We also pass larger and more numerous gold...
by Dan Travers | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
We depart in the morning, our San Marjin hosts who are now our friends, all helping with our expedition bags and gear. We are told over and over that we are welcome to return any time and they will help us some more. Our route takes us through the mighty Pongos de...
by Dan Travers | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
We get a much earlier start today and find the path to the search site is surprisingly close to the Santiago river. Yesterday’s meanderings disoriented us, but the fact that this place is so easily accessible to the river is very encouraging. It also allows us to...
by Dan Travers | Oct 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
We get a late start and are ferried across the river to the search site, which is ten times larger than I expected. It is densely vegetated throughout and involves steep climbing through vines and up and down narrow ravines. Huge Ciba trees loom overhead. Our local...
by Dan Travers | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
It takes us 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete three hours of travel to our host community of San Marjin.. Must be jungle time. This community has never had outside visitors and since they will be cooking for us, our Aguarunas liaison will explain to them how to make...
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...
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."