Carlos and a Canoe

04/06/21 • 17 min

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Surrounded on all sides by endless jungle, a man named Carlos has an odd reaction when his boat's motor cuts out in the middle of the Amazon River. Maybe life isn't so serious after all. Text MEMBER to (332) 877-9540 to keep Baggage Claim ad-free, or text POD to that same number to join a wonderful community of travelers. Show notes, weird trivia and credits are available at https://www.heybaggageclaim.com/episode18_carlos_and_a_canoe

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Scenes from a Slow Boat

Two men spend days on a rusty cargo ship crawling along Amazon River, moving slowly from Leticia in Colombia to Iquitos in Peru. They're late for an appointment. Will reads a few chapters of One Hundred Years of Solitude to pass the time and finds the lines between reality and fantasy blurrier than he'd imagined.

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At an Ayahuasca ceremony deep in the Amazon Rainforest, a traveler comes face-to-face with serpents and jaguars and a mythical woman, but nothing quite as intimidating as the inside of his own mind. This is a psychedelic first-person recounting of a true story. Text POD to (332) 877-9540 to join a wonderful community of travelers. You can also text MEMBER to keep Baggage Claim ad-free. Outside the US and Canada? Visit heybaggageclaim.com. Show notes, weird trivia and credits are available at https://www.heybaggageclaim.com/episode19_ayahuasca_lost