Peru

Peru: Iquitos to Amazon

“Driving Ms. Daisy Down the Amazon(03/24/12)

As we last left our star, he was headed West up the mighty Amazon in search of El Dorado, or any opportunity to get off this nightmare of a boat ride. We just left the immigration triangle of Leticia, Tabatinga and Santa Rosa, and like my father did on family trips when we were all at his mercy in the boat of a Cadillac, we, “needed to make just 1 more stop and then we would be off.” Continue Reading

Peru: Cuzco

“Stop The Train I Wanna Get Off(05/16/11)

The title to this blog is a tribute to a classic Vanilla Ice song. It came to represent my mindset as I spent most of my time winding through the country on less than safe transportation. Here is a link to the original white rappers rendition. If you do click the link, I must warn you, the song is as addicting as the video, and within minutes you’ll be in the bathroom shaving lines in your head and searching the internet for parachute pants.Continue Reading

Darren Hitz

Darren Hitz

Explorer, Storyteller, and Blogger

I have been writing this blog for almost 20 years. After owning and operating a travel company, reconnecting with the outdoors, I now spend a majority of my time exploring both off the beaten path and well worn tourist adventures.

“I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.”
― John Steinbeck

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