Pipi Vela, the Legendary Bard of the Amazon

In 1992 I went on a journey from Cusco to Brazil to see some friends. My first stop over was the Peruvian Amazonian jungle metropolis of Iquitos, once one of the wealthiest places in South America due to the rubber boom at the turn of the 19th century. Iquitos boasts a building constructed by Eiffel … Continue reading Pipi Vela, the Legendary Bard of the Amazon