JohnM's Adventures in South America

If you've already read the first 4 chapters, fine. If you are new, they have been incorporated
within my Brazilian travelogue "Life, Blood, Soul" published by Summersdale in June 2003
so they have been removed from this site. Pictures from São Paulo, Campo Grande/Bonito
and the Pantanal, can be found in my Brazil site to accompany the book.

I have left everything here, though, so that you can see the itinerary of the trip. I should add
that the book is far, far, better than anything you will read on this page which is mostly my diary from the trip,
and has not been reworked for publication - but as you will see rather quickly, it's still worth reading.

If you read only one chapter - read about my nightmare in Oruro. It may reassure you than even when you
think all is lost, you can pull through.

The Arica chapter can also be read in the Arica Municipal Site.

Everything here is under © John Malathronas 1998, 1999 and copyright is  strictly controlled.
All rights reserved.

PROLOGUE

São Paulo Nights (São Paulo)

THE JUNGLE

The Animal At The End Of The Alphabet (Campo Grande/Bonito)

Swimming With Crocodiles (Corumbá and the Pantanal)

Santa Cruise (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)

THE ALTIPLANO

Mama Coca (Sucre/Potosi)

Jewels of the Andes (Salar de Uyuni/Laguna Culorada/Laguna Verde)

Nightmare in Oruro (Oruro)

Picking up the pieces (La Paz)

Father, Son and the Holy Condor (Lake Titicaca)

The race that worshipped the trapezium (Cuzco/Machu Picchu)

Folklore and Fish (Arequipa/Tacna)

THE DESERT

Chinchorro, Chungara and Comanchaca (Arica)

Twin Towns of Tedium (Iquique/Antofagasta)

Accidents in the Norte Grande (San Pedro de Atacama)

A phenomenon rarer than El Niño (La Serena)

EPILOGUE

My Life Of Crime (Santiago)

 

Click here for a map of the trip

What happened next ? A small FAQ about the trip