Amazon 3.0 -- Part Four July 21st 2008 Amazon 3.0 -- Part 4 -- Continuing Up the Orinoco
June 27-30
This set of photos is from June 27 to June 30 as we continued up the Orinoco on Iguana. ... read more
South America » Venezuela Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more
Home is near Seattle, Washington, USA. Recently retired from professing economics.
My main travel interest is Latin America, primarily Brazil and currently any part of the Amazon. Presently -- June 24-August 20 2008 -- I´m on my third Amazon trip, although this one started in Puerto Ayacucho and includes the Orinoco. Once I´d read Humboldt´s account of his trip through here in 1800 -- when many European geographers doubted there was really a river connecting the Orinoco and Amazon basis -- I had to see it for myself.... full info