Wednesday, October 1

Oct 1, I think.
I’m sitting in a bar about as close to the end of the world as possible. Somewhere in the headwaters of the Amazon River. A place called Tambopata Research Station.

This place is right out the backwaters of Joseph Conrad. Think Heart of Darkness. I’ve truly made it to one of the few terrestrial dark places left on the planet. It was about an eight hour ride in a small motorized boat upstream on the Tambopata River. Monkeys, macaws, parrots, and a bunch of people from various countries with nothing else to do. Heat and humidity unlike anything I’ve ever known. I’m liking this. 42!

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