Today's Weather Forecast

Kearney, Nebraska: Cold & Windy, 25˚, feels like 7˚, winds from the north at 32 mph.

Iquitos, Peru: Sunny, 81˚, feels like 86˚, winds from the northeast at 3 mph.

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A Story About Andres

When we get to Peru, Andy and I are going to meet up with his good friend, Andres Pena.

Andres is a local guide and the more I learn of him the more he reminds me of the Amazon's version of Crocodile Dundee!

Follow this link to read another traveler's experience with Andres:

http://www.iquitostimes.com/emerald-forest-day-trip.htm

Starting off 2009 with a Bang!

I am going to Peru and the Amazon rainforest for a week - - - in three weeks!!!

My brother-in-law Andy has been there half-a-dozen times (he proposed to my sister there at Machu Pichu, he has taken my Dad) and he has been planning to go again with his buddy. Well, his buddy had something come up and can't go, so since the ticket was already bought he asked me.

How cool is that? Three weeks from tonight I'll be in South America!

Kearney - Omaha - Ft. Worth - Miami - Lima - Iquitos - then get on a boat on the Amazon and go upriver for a day and a half into the rainforest. About 36 hours of traveling I think.

Be sure to reserve your copy of my upcoming coffee-table book now!