UP THE AMAZON
A THRILLING Tltfr
MOTORING IN PERU
Most travellers are content to follow 'orthodox routes in their wanderings around the world. By doing this they experience no danger and can enjoy almost the same comfort as if they were at home. Two Americans from Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Boynton, who arrived from San Francisco today by the Makura, obviously have a different outlook on travelling. They prefer out-of-the-way places, particularly if the tour offers a thrill and a touch of adventure.
After touring New Zealand they intend proceeding to the East before returning home.
One of the most interesting tours ever undertaken by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton was across South America last year. They travelled 1200 miles up the River Amazon to Manaos by steamer, and then transferred to a river boat which took them to Iquitos, in Peru, another ]000 miles further on. This part of the journey took them several days, and after spending a little time in Iquitos they chartered a Government aeroplane and flew over the Andes. Par., of the air'route,. said Mrs. Boynton, lay over unexplored jungle country, and what would have happened if the machine had made a forced landing could be better imagined than described. .
Mrs. Boynton was not very enthusiastic about the aeroplane, which, she said, was over six years old. It had suffered damage from time to time, and the patching, had been carried out with ordinary tin. The Peruvian pilot, however, handled the machine in an amazing manner.
At one stage of their journey in Peru the couple spent two days in a motorcar over the Pichis Trail, a route constructed by the Incas centuries ago. This trip, said Mrs. Boynton, offered the biggest thrill on the whole journey. There was no two-way traffic, the car going over the route once every two days. "It is really a frightening journey," ahe said, "and many people implore the driver not to go on."
Next year Mr. and Mrs. Boynton intend to investigate the Cape-to-Cairo route.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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338UP THE AMAZON Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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