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Approaching Genius public page |
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| Location | Tarapoto , Peru | |
| Gender: | Male | |
| Who is Approaching Genius? | They say there is a fine line between crazy and genius. Well, at least I am approaching genius.
Until 2005 when I became widowed at the age of 42 after 21 years of marriage, I had never been anywhere outside the Contenental United States and Canada. But one fateful evening my interests were stretched far beyond the borders of North America when I met a real jungle girl from the Amazon Rainforest as she was visiting family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After a couple of trips to South America, I moved to Tarapoto, Peru where I now hang out in the jungle with my Peruana beauties, my wife and her 16-year-old daughter. Having never before seen a third world country -- oh, wait, I think we are supposed to use "developing country" these days -- traveling around Peru has given me some new perspective. Just to mention a few highlights of my adventures in South America -- I have lost a wallet (with U.S. dollars in it) to pick-pockets in the Pacific Coast city of Trujillo; vomited twice on the tires-squealing-on-pavement roller-coaster bus ride over the Andes Mountains; and bounced off the bottom of the ice-cold pool below a waterfall in the Amazon Rainforest after jumping off the side of the cliff above. The best way to become a more interesting person is to do more interesting things. So here I am sitting in a world completely different from anything that all my friends back in Oklahoma know, and I have figured out one thing -- the only way to gain perspective is to change it. That is something no one could have told me a few years ago. La vida es una aventura! Approaching Genius, also known as Jeffrey Maxwell in his photo credits, was March 2007 World 66 Member of the Month.
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Uploaded images (40)
- Tarapoto / Internet Cafes / Irinita's Net / The new location of Irinita's Net is convenient to downtown Tarapoto.
- Tarapoto / Eating Out / Typical food found in Tarapoto, Peru. 2006.05.17
- Tarapoto / Accommodation / El Mirador / View from atop El Mirador -- looking to the SW toward Tarapoto on Jr. San Pablo de la Cruz
- Beach at Huanchaco, Peru, on the Pacific Ocean. 2006.10.14
- Huanchaco / Things to do / Beach at Huanchaco, Peru, on the Pacific Ocean. 2006.10.14
- Huanchaco / History / Caballito de totora en Oceana Pacifica en Huanchaco, Peru. 2006.10.14
- Crab fishermen in Huanchaco, Peru. 2006.10.14
- Peru / Getting Around / In Trujillo, Peru, bright yellow taxis are everywhere. 2006.10.14
- Tarapoto / Day Trips / Catarata de Ahuashiyacu / Along the trail to Laughing Waters (Ahuashiyacu) waterfall. 2006.05.13
- Tarapoto / Day Trips / Catarata de Ahuashiyacu / Along the trail to Laughing Waters. 2006.05.13