Travels
Our route.
Our plane and crew.
In the Amazon forest.
On the Amazon River.
A vist to an isolated village of the Yanomami indigenous people, who live communally in circular huts called shabonos or yanos.
Children stay close to their mothers in a society that openly accepts polyandry and polygyny.
Paddling on Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border Peru and Bolivia in the Andean Mountains.
President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, standing left of Trudeau.
Arriving in Manaus at the start of our Amazon adventure.
A guided tour of indigenous plants with the head the department of forestry.
Stopping for lunch on the Amazon.
The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated tribe in South America. They live in the rainforest and mountains of Northern Brazil and Southern Venezuela.
At night, hammocks are slung near indoor fires that are kept burning all night.
The people of the Andes herd llamas and alpacas. The textile industry is one of the largest industries in Peru.
The central square in Lima, the capital city of Peru.
An indigenous woman of Bolivia wearing a traditional dress. The bowler hat is a source of pride worn perched on the head, or set straight or off to the side.