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Our Guide Lars

July 22, 2010.
Region: Peru
Submitted By: Michael Wouk

Lars Haarr was tour leader on our Mystical Peru adventure which included history, culture, river running and a 5-day trek to Machu Picchu. He could not have been more attentive to the eleven of us. We found out it will be Lars’ birthday in a few days, and I was inspired to write the following poem:

LARS

We met him first in Lima.

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Written by O.A.R.S. Guest

Janet Walker’s Excellent Peruvian Adventure

January 4, 2010.

Janet Walker, an experienced and savvy world traveler currently enroute to Bali, took some time recently between trips to send us photos and answer a few questions about her August 2009 Peru whitewater rafting trip.

Janet had already been to Peru twice before embarking on her O.A.R.S. Tambopata River trip. (She had not yet traveled with O.A.R.S.) I asked her if there were any specific factors that helped her decide on this particular Peru adventure. Her answer? “The clay lick and the trip’s remote location.”

Clay Lick on a Peru Whitewater Rafting Trip

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Written by Tracy

Writer, Photographer, former Waterblogged Editor