7/2-3/2014 Belem & Home

On Wednesday our adventure ended when we traveled by taxi to the Belem airport to begin our return flights home. John flew home to Alta Gracia near Cordoba, Argentina via São Paulo and Santiago, Chile. David flew to Seattle via Brasilia and Atlanta. Both trips were long but uneventful, as neither of us arrived at the airport without his passport, although David had to abandon his trekking poles when passing through security in Brasilia.

Thanks to all of you for following our blog over the last month. Special thanks go out to our readership in Russia. As "administrators" of our blog, we have access to "statistics" showing the number of page views by country. Viewers in the USA accounted for 60% our total views. Surprisingly, 14% of our page views originated from Russia, the second most of any country. If you are a reader from Russia, we would appreciate it if you would post a comment about the reasons for your interest in our blog.

For better or for worse, this is not our final post. Please check back in a few weeks to read a wrap up with our final thoughts, as well as to view our final photo portfolio, including both recent photos and some going back to our first several days on the Clavero and of Walter Saxer of the Casa Fitzcarraldo. We are sorry that we were unable to keep up with the posting of photos along the way.

Happy 4th of July!