Towards Yurimaguas

Initially we intended to go to Santa Rosa de la Yunga to see the location of the first mysterious population.  Manuel and I have a photo of the two of us from about 12 years ago standing upon the famous cliff, with the mighty Maranon in the background.  The photo captures fairly well how we felt at the time, as though we were standing at the edge of the world, or maybe on top of it.  At the time that picture was taken, the thought of having a wife, let alone a child seemed out of the realm of possibility.  Read More…