June 27, 2006
Day 272
Today was almost the same as yesterday. We took it easy, swam, fished, and threw around the frisbee some more. Patricia and I attempted a couple different techniques for setting up mosquito nets for sleeping, but I don't think the elaborate bamboo pole setup that was… Read More »
June 26, 2006
Day 271
Morale was pretty low this morning. The fact that we only had one canoe for a few days caused a separation in the group, and even though we were united physically yesterday, we still weren't acting as one big group. Several people were ready to call it quits and… Read More »
July 02, 2006
Day 270
We tried to get up at dawn today, but the mosquitoes were still really bad, so we stayed put in the tents. Half an hour later, they were gone for the day and it was safe to come out. We left expecting to pass the others soon, but that… Read More »
June 24, 2006
Day 269
We loaded up all of our gear onto a local bus early today and we all drove to the canoes together. I went with Craig, Louise, Patricia, Hugh, and Rachael in the new canoe, and the others continued to the main river to get their canoe. There was plenty… Read More »
June 23, 2006
Day 268
Desperate for a canoe, I went with the others once again today to the ports outside of town. We had one option to buy a canoe, but it wasn't a good one because the canoe for sale had a huge hole in it. The owner said that he was… Read More »
June 22, 2006
Day 267
Several of us went to search for canoes again today. We started going door-to-door asking if anyone had an extra canoe to sell, but got no hits. Going to peoples' houses was an interesting experience in itself. One guy was busy planing wood to make a bow, and another… Read More »
June 21, 2006
Day 266
Several of us got together today to do a thorough search for canoes. Before we even left town, the guy at the micro bus station told us of one that was for sale. We went straight to Puerto Varador to talk to the owner. He was a local from… Read More »
June 20, 2006
Day 265
Craig showed up in Trinidad late this afternoon with Louise from England and Patricia from Switzerland. They had to take a bus from La Paz for twenty hours to some little town, sleep a few hours at the bus station, then take another bus for nine hours to Trinidad… Read More »
I'm going on a new adventure in Bolivia tomorrow, this time on the Río Mamoré with a big group of ten people. We may be gone for a few weeks or more again, so I'm not sure when the next update will be. I figured I should post something here first before everyone thinks I'm… Read More »
June 17-19, 2006
Day 262-264
After I got to Trinidad, I began the long process of updating my website. At least a dozen people thought I was dead, but I'm most definitely alive for now. I had a couple boring days of watching the slow Bolivian Internet service crawl its way to completing my… Read More »
