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MISADVENTURE
... A SYNOPSIS
When Peru's Prime Minister, backed
by both his country's
army and popular opinion, took it on himself to stage a coup
d'état against his own government, he sacked all his Ministers
and declared parliament void. Brogan and Becky simply happened to be
there. They didn't plan on being swept up in the chaos, any more than
would you or me if in their shoes.
And this was but one of many hurdles they must best in
South America, some, especially when Colombia's dreaded FARC struck,
having them fighting for their very lives.
Since severing themselves from the yolk of Spain, or
Portugal in Brazil's case, near every South American nation has been
plagued by civil wars and deadly disputes with neighbours-usually over
territory or minerals. Political insurrections continue even to the
present day.
There were so many casualties during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, that even today, women outnumber men by two to
one. The people of South America have not only the threat of war
constantly upsetting their equilibrium, but organised crime. The entire
continent has, for many generations, been so racked in discontent as to
be recognised as the world's most crime-infested. And consequently, the
most dangerous for travellers.
Yet it remains a unique magnet to adventurous tourists,
rightfully boasting some of the most alluring natural resources of the
planet-highest waterfall, widest and most voluminous waterfall,
greatest wildlife wetland, longest and most spectacular mountain range,
the least explored jungles still home to primitive tribes-and the
incredible realisation that here are millions of people still totally
unaware of the rest of the world.
Brogan and Becky find unexpected adventure at every turn.
This tale reaches out that readers become involved in both
their joys and traumas as a variety of unexpected situations entangle
them.
Please now, set aside mundane pursuits and let Becky and
Brogan take you with them to share their South American discoveries.
They indeed proved it a world of misadventure.
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