Category Archives: amazon

Mush Head and the Owl

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Trish and Rob

Before Megan was born, Rob and I led tours for travel writers to the Amazon. The boat in the picture is from the movie Fitzcarraldo, and is the sister boat to the one on which we traveled from Leticia, Colombia … Continue reading →

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The Fitzcarraldo

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Trish and Rob

In the late 1980s, we led tours for travel writers to the Peruvian Amazon and took  several trips up the river from Leticia, Columbia to Iquitos, Peru. The Rio Amazona was no QEII. However, as a former rubber-hauling vessel that … Continue reading →

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