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TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA eBook DOUG ELLIS JOANA ELLIS SEBASTIAN REIDL

Really enjoyed this matter-of-fact tale of a South American adventure. Found the book in a hostel in Mendoza, Argentina and was glad to have some adventure reading. The details of the jungle, the food, the uncertainty were fantastic. Thanks to the author for writing this story of your trip. I tried finding you and sending a message directly to you and had no luck. If you can send me a message in reply to this, please do!


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TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA eBook DOUG ELLIS JOANA ELLIS SEBASTIAN REIDL Reviews

I thought this was a badly written book.
The subject matter could and should be interesting, but is never brought to life by the author. The writing was monotone, technical, and obsessively factual at times.
Some parts detailing his hardship in the are relatively worthwhile, but not once does he talk about any of the characters he came across or lived alongside. There is no cultural reflection at all, no personal reflection, and descriptions of the 'indian' tribes he encountered fill up about three pages of the whole book. The final third describes endless buses and hitchhikes through several countries, which appeared to be without purpose and observation, and no analysis is ever made of the countries and cultures of South America.
Some may find it interesting, but I found it dour and disappointing.
However, good on you Doug if you read this, I don't doubt it was an amazing adventure.
Way before backpacker hostels, way before the Lonely Planet Guide, before hippies could be found living on the beach in California, before globe-trotting adventurers hitch-hiked to Kathmandu, before wandering musicians toured places with magical names like Jamaica, Amsterdam and Algiers, before motorcyclists rode all the way to Uganda or Rhodesia, before sailors migrated to Australia and then jumped ship to sweat and toil on kangaroo farms, before Thailand and Bangkok and the Far east were accessible to the British traveller, before all of this Doug Ellis took off with not much money in his pocket to explore South America and some of the remotest regions of the basin.

His journey begins in Venezuela and takes him to Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil and a host of native Indian villages. He travels by boat, by truck and by foot, spending days walking through the rainforest actually carrying his boat.

His motivation was, I guess, to escape the uninspiring monotony of the nine-to-five existence. Ellis was searching for freedom! The freedom to breathe. The freedom to draw in a rich, deep breath and say with heart, "I am somebody!" It’s clear he wanted to march to the beat of his own drum, and was inspired to have experiences that few Europeans had ever had, returning home with stories and tales of faraway places.

This was no easy trip by any stretch of the imagination and he’s finally allowing us to understand what travel and adventure was like in the early 60’s.

I thoroughly recommend this book!
Really enjoyed this matter-of-fact tale of a South American adventure. Found the book in a hostel in Mendoza, Argentina and was glad to have some adventure reading. The details of the jungle, the food, the uncertainty were fantastic. Thanks to the author for writing this story of your trip. I tried finding you and sending a message directly to you and had no luck. If you can send me a message in reply to this, please do!