Jungle

Author/Guide: Yossi Ghinsberg

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1982: One man gets separated from his fellow travellers in the Jungle….

ISBN: 978-1849538824
Genre: Travelogue

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Four travellers meet in Bolivia and set off into the Amazon rainforest on an expedition to find a hidden tribe and explore places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the jungle.

But it’s then that the real adventure begins. The group argues and then splits up, Yosi and his friend try to find their own way but then tragedy strikes and Yossi is forced to continue his journey on his own. But this is no holiday as this is the most unpredictable environments on the planet. He had no knife, map or survival training. Then he starts to lose all sense of direction. He now only has hope and a will to survive, but will it be enough to get him out of that jungle alive and in one piece?

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One man gets separated from his fellow travellers in the Bolivia Jungle

“I heard the rustle again, too close and too real to ignore. I clutched the flashlight, stuck my head out of the mosquito net… and found myself face-to-face with a jaguar.”

He is planning to get to Machu Picchu and crossing brazil. leaving from Puerto Maldonado near to Cuzco by way of the Madre de Dios River as it cuts through Peru and runs into the Amazon.
But plans and journeys change. On that little island in Taquile:

The island people seemed nobler, clearner, handsomer healthier. The embroidery of Taquile is known all over Latin America for its beauty and fine quality and its done exclusively by the men though the women spin and dye the wool.

This is a journey to Ipurama River – this is the destination and it’s where the river flows into the Tuichi where the party spits up.

A journey of survival in the deepest part of the jungle – a real story of perseverance and a life or death story.