Who Goes Out in the Midday Sun?

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Summary: AN ENGLISHMAN'S TREK THROUGH THE AMAZON JUNGLE
Review: BORN IN 1960 BENEDICT WAS 22 WHEN HE (CONTINUED) HIS PERSONAL EXPLORATIONS, BY WALKING FROM THE ORINOCO RIVER IN VENEZUELA, TO THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON IN MACAPA, BRAZIL. BECAUSE OF HIS AGE AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND THAT EVERYONE HE TALKED TO BEFORE HE SET OUT TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T, SHOULDN'T OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT...AND THAT IT'S JUST DARN HARD TO FIND "ANYBODY" THAT KNOWS ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW TO WALK AND SURVIVE THE TYPE OF TREK HE ENVISIONED, HE SIMPLY WENT. AND HE LEARNED AS HE TRAVELLED BY ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AND HAD SURVIVED. HE MEETS ECCENTRICS, DRUNKS, MISFITS, LIVES WITH THE INDIANS, PASSES ON A LITTLE LOCAL HISTORY, HAS AN INTERESTING DIALOGUE ON THE "GRAN SABANA" WHERE SOME VERY STRANGE THINGS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS, (UFO'S) AND THEN BEGINS TO GET SOME INSIGHTS AND (SOUL GROWTH?" THAT ONLY SEEM TO RESULT FROM LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS, FEAR AND UNDERSTANDING AS HE GOES DEEPER INTO THE JUNGLE AIDED BY FIRST TWO GUIDES, THEN ON HIS OWN. GREAT BOOK BECAUSE IT'S COMTEMPORARY.

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Summary: AN ENGLISHMAN'S TREK THROUGH THE AMAZON JUNGLE
Review: BORN IN 1960 BENEDICT WAS 22 WHEN HE (CONTINUED) HIS PERSONAL EXPLORATIONS, BY WALKING FROM THE ORINOCO RIVER IN VENEZUELA, TO THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON IN MACAPA, BRAZIL. BECAUSE OF HIS AGE AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND THAT EVERYONE HE TALKED TO BEFORE HE SET OUT TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T, SHOULDN'T OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT...AND THAT IT'S JUST DARN HARD TO FIND "ANYBODY" THAT KNOWS ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW TO WALK AND SURVIVE THE TYPE OF TREK HE ENVISIONED, HE SIMPLY WENT. AND HE LEARNED AS HE TRAVELLED BY ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AND HAD SURVIVED. HE MEETS ECCENTRICS, DRUNKS, MISFITS, LIVES WITH THE INDIANS, PASSES ON A LITTLE LOCAL HISTORY, HAS AN INTERESTING DIALOGUE ON THE "GRAN SABANA" WHERE SOME VERY STRANGE THINGS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS, (UFO'S) AND THEN BEGINS TO GET SOME INSIGHTS AND (SOUL GROWTH?" THAT ONLY SEEM TO RESULT FROM LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS, FEAR AND UNDERSTANDING AS HE GOES DEEPER INTO THE JUNGLE AIDED BY FIRST TWO GUIDES, THEN ON HIS OWN. GREAT BOOK BECAUSE IT'S COMTEMPORARY.

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Summary: You can't help but worry about that wonderfully crazy guy.
Review: Fabulously FUNNY. Tugs at your heart and keeps you on your seat. The man is crazy but entirely lovable. Throughout the book you root for him to survive that incredible journey.

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Summary: Definitly worth reading
Review: I couldn't believe that everything that happened in the book really happened to Mr. Allen. I am fortunate to own a copy of this great book and never get tired of reading it. I feel he is an inspiring figure to all future adventurers out there.