Doug is an adventurer who recently completed a 3,200-mile bike expedition across the entire width of the Amazon basin of Brazil and over the Andes of Peru. He chronicled his trip at AmazonPilgrim.com and continues to contribute environmental insights as an editor at greenUPGRADER. Doug is currently working on spreading the story of his adventure in print and film.
On my 29th birthday, I set out on my first ever bicycle expedition. The first time I had ever been to Brazil I landed in Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River with a used mountain bike I had bought on eBay six weeks prior. My Portuguese...
Posted April 4, 2010 | 17:25:27 (EST)