CLIENT COMMENTS

Everybody who has been to the Amazon has an Amazon Story! Various of our clients and expedition leaders have taken the time to send us their Amazon stories, and it is our pleasure to be able to share these stories with you. We hope that you will enjoy these candid accounts of Amazon trips. Trip accounts are un-edited (apart from minor typological and place-name corrections) and reflect the viewpoints and experiences of the authors. Perhaps you too will be inspired to share your Amazon story with us some day! We have also included a selection of short comments taken from client feedback over the years.

If you wish to contact any author(s), we will be happy to forward your email on to them for their reply, or they may have contact information listed on a website. To avoid spam, and protect privacy, we do not post people's email addresses on the web.

Client Comments - brief comments from many clients and many different types of expeditions.

March 2007 Herpetology trip - posting by Lisa and Kelly Irwin - lots of photos on multiple pages with additional commentary.

STILL MORE Herp Photo Galleries - More excellent photos of Peruvian Amazon herps and other creatures by Young Cage - taken on a trip to Peru in Mar 2007.
Herp Gallery I
Herp Gallery II
Herp Gallery III

Herp Photo Galleries I, II & III - A good selection of shots of Peruvian Amazon herps by Young Cage - taken on his trip to Peru in Jan 2004, but reposted to a herp forum in Dec 2006. Enjoy some really great photos!
Herp Gallery I
Herp Gallery II
Herp Gallery III

Tropical Resources / Tropical Fish Hobbyist interview with Claudia Dickinson & friends (Dec 2007) - after writing about Amazon fish collecting for Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) magazine, American Cichlid Association officer and cichlid expert Claudia Dickinson was interviewed in the Tropical Resources on-line forum. Joining her for the interview was Dr. David Schleser, Amazon fish expert, and, with a time delay due to other obligations, yours truly, Devon Graham of Margarita Tours. You'll need to register with the site to access the transcript of the interview (with photos) - once registered, look for the section on guest interviews and click on Claudia Dickinson's name.

Amazon Photo Gallery - A fantastic selection of the favorite Amazon photos by photographer Michael Lustbader during his trip to the Peruvian Amazon with us in July 2004 - click on the "Amazon" tab under "Journeys".

Amazon! - An extensive account with many spectacular photos of an Amazon herpetology expedition by Eitan and Ron Grunwald and friends in May 2005. Well worth the visit to the website just to see the pictures!

Amazon Herpetology Expedition Website - A personal website by Shawn Mallory and Patty Haug (Forest Knolls, California, USA) with pictures and diary from their 2003 Herpetology Expedition.

In Deepest Darkest Amazon - by Kit Howard (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA - 2003) - Account of a 2003 Herpetology Expedition from a non-herpers viewpoint (a sane point of view?). Originally published in the Michigan Mensa newsletter. Photos by author.

A Most Unusual Holiday Season - by Devon Graham (Miami, Florida, USA - 2003) Short account of the Christmas 2002 / New Years 2003 herpetology and birding expedition to the Rio Orosa and Rio Apayacu. Many pictures included.

Cool Creatures, Hot Planet - by Marty Essen (Victor, Montana, USA - 2001 & 2006) When a vacation turns into a mission to visit all 7 continents and then to write an award-winning book about it all, you know it was a good vacation! An account of Marty and Deb Essen's July 2001 Amazon trip was first published in the travel section of a Montana newspaper, and then evolved into a book idea and lots of traveling and then writing and editing, editing and writing, and more editing! Beware of what your vacation may result in! Newly published in 2006, Cool Creatures Hot Planet won "The Best Books 2006 Book Award" for Travel/Essay - quite the accomplishment for a first time author! If you enjoy adventure and travel writing, you will charmed by the humorous, poignant, insightful and colorful descriptions of the wildlife, places and people the Essen's met in their travels. Before you take another vacation, you owe it to yourself to read this book !

Expedition Peru! - by John Luckshire (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA -2001) Account of a tropical fish collection trip to the blackwater Rio Nanay in August 2001. This article was initially published in an aquarium club newsletter.

Kayaking in the Amazon - by Marie-Therese Van Dyk (Victoria, Australia-2001). Short account of a personalized kayaking trip on the Rio Orosa and surrounding areas in April 2001.

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