Betty,

        My brother took a boat trip down the Amazon and said it was beautiful.
To use one of you favorite Adjectives, he is majorly rich. They went 150
miles and would take a small boat away from the main craft during the
day.If you want I can ask him his connections. He said the wildlife is
unbelievable. He caught a 2 lb. pirrhana and said it scared the ***&&** out
of him. He has it mounted.

Bobby



>I haven't checked this out at all.  I'm just assuming that the places where I
>want to go will be out of bounds.  I'm thinking about rainforest/deep
>woods/places like that.  There are also safety issues to consider.  I've
>heard about kidnapping problems in S. America.  Here, I am more or less
>financial riffraff.  But in S. America, a tourist with birding optics is
>rich.  I am disgustingly rich too, compared to the way some people in S.
>America live.  I'm easy prey for a couple of reasons; I'm in the "duh mode"
>about protecting myself from potential kidnapping situations, and I am not
>physically able to defend myself.
>
>I know of four birders who were kidnapped down there a couple of years ago
>and held for a couple of months -- I can't remember exactly how long.  One
>finally escaped and got help for all of them.  They all had advanced warning
>from the State dept. about not traveling at that particular time, but planing
>an adventure like that is not exactly something you can decide to do next
>month instead of this month.  It's just not possible.
>
>But, no, I haven't investigated the feasibility of disability access.  No
>matter what though, one day I am going.  I have to do this before I die.
>Peru is supposed to be the birding capital of the world, and I just have to
>do this one day.  It's also an adapt and overcome thing.  I was going to do
>this before the disability.
>
>
>In a message dated 05/04/2000 3:58:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
><< Betty,
> Have you actually found out about Peru's accessibility? or are you just
> assuming? is there any way you can find out?
> mag
>  >>