Title: I wish he had been to Peru!
Product review: I found the book to be awful in so many ways but am happy for those who found it inspirational. As a recent tourist to Peru I bought the book hoping to learn more about the country that I had visited and loved - or at least to relive some of my experiences. However, what I found was not just a grossly inadequate description of a magical country but the description of a country that did not exist. R had clearly not seen, or even read much about the places he describes. The roads to Machu Picchu and Iquitos thankfully do not exist. In fact you cannot drive to Iquitos at all. That is one of the fascinating features of this isolated city, cut off by tremendous water ways, mountains and jungle. You cannot drive to Machu Picchu and look down on the ruins. My expeditions in Peru changed my life, this book did not. Very disappointing.
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