DO NOT VISIT THE AMAZON, MACHU PICCHU OR THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

(UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS BOOK)

The Amazon. Machu Picchu. The Galapagos Islands. Considering a vacation to these desired and exotic locations? Perhaps you need to read this book first. Part travelogue, the reader will delight in the itinerary that thousands of tourists follow each year. Part cautionary tale, the reader will discover pitfalls that can befall the savviest and best prepared traveler.

Lo Siento is a humorous but informative take on the best that Peru and Ecuador have to offer and is recommended for the undecided traveler. If you have a significant other who is determined to tour lands that offer certain danger, you will go unless you can make the better case for not going. Lo Siento offers many convincing arguments-cleverly disguised as chapters-to come to your senses before it is too late.

Hopefully, it won't do that because there are better arguments to go. Visiting the Peruvian Amazon, Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands will dispel myths and change the way you think about the world. Lo Siento portrays lands of intense natural beauty populated by people of indomitable character. Lo Siento makes the case to visit them straightaway. To wit: What we call civilization will soon erase many of the ways of the indigenous people in Peru. See them while you can. Dance with them while you can. Hold a baby sloth while you can. Dare to experience unique gastronomic adventures. Maybe pass on eating a smoked monkey, but feast otherwise.