Charles Brennick Articles
Rafting the AmazonRafting the Amazon: Charles Brennick’s travelogue about buying a raft for $2 and
sailing it to Iquitos, Peru.
Whirlpools
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Rafting the Amazon: The Final Stretch
The Final Stretch
In the morning I returned the mosquito net to the villager, we said our good byes and pushed off. A majority of the locals were still sleeping when we left. I guess I assumed that rural people always wake up at the crack of dawn.
In the morning we drifted well. I had [...]
Rafting the Amazon: The End of the JourneyThe End of the Journey
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Rafting the Amazon: Pucallpa
Pucallpa
I’d been traveling for about a month since I finished my service with the Peace Corps in Paraguay. I was with my Chilean girlfriend, Pali, and our hope was to reach Venezuela by land. We had already explored Paraguay’s Chaco region, Bolivia and Central Peru. We recently left Huancayo and after a long, bumpy [...]
Pink Dolphins
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Rafting the Amazon: Mosquitoes!Mosquitoes!
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Rafting the Amazon: Indigenous Village
Indigenous Village
The good sleep renewed my energy and I was more optimistic about finishing the journey. We said our good-byes and thank you’s to the villagers and pushed off. The first hour or so on the water was perfect. There was no wind, the water was smooth and the current strong.
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Rafting the Amazon: Getting PermissionGetting Permission
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Rafting the Amazon: Building the Raft
Building the Raft
I woke early and met George at his house. We had breakfast and than took a long walk to a saw mill on the outskirts of town. We went to the mill to find scraps of wood that could be used to refurbish the raft. The wood would be used to build [...]
