I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
Dates of travel – 25 July – 6 August, 2015 Date of writing – Autumn, 2017 This week i look back to those difficult 10 days i spent volunteering at a well-known reserve deep in the Peruvian rainforest, but did not want to go public about what happened there until now. While staying at the […]
Read More Beauty, Abuse, and Isolation in the Deep Forest – Tapiche ReserveIQUITOS to YURIMAGUAS, ida-vueltaAUGUST 2015 I am aboard the Eduardo VIII, one of the legendary slow boats known as lanchas that go along the wide rivers of the Amazon region in lowland South America. The word lancha means ‘barge’ and they transport cargo, including foods, propane tanks, and even mototaxis; they also carry passengers at […]
Read More LANCHAS, SLOW BOATS of the AMAZONAugust 17, 2015Arriving in the port of Yurimaguas after three days on a dreamy lancha boat filled with bored men, I am ready to bathe in a cool pool in the deep forest. First, however, it’s two or three hours in a crowded combi across the Cordillera Escalara, the last mountain range before the rivers […]
Read More Tarapoto, Lamas, Moyobamba: the Yungas of San Martin, PeruJUNE 2015 The southern cloud forest starts to the west of the Santa Cruz lowlands. Following the slow curvy rise of the Pirai river into the low mountains, the crowded combi climbs through the canyon and its soft dirt carretera. There are small waterfalls and towering red rock faces covered in green. The air smells […]
Read More Samaipata, Bolivia
arianna's creative travels 