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When two brothers in their early twenties hatch a plan to head south from California to Bolivia in 1980, what they have in mind is learning the Spanish language, gaining some new cultural insights, and perhaps having a bit of fun. Instead, they find themselves chugging through the jungle on a so-called “Death Train,” evading armed militia, and struggling to survive.
The Sunbaked Tin Can is F.P. Nieman’s captivating travelogue of a South American odyssey that derails as quickly as it begins. As the two brothers encounter new perils that even an inner-city upbringing did not prepare them for, they elude danger and learn to cope with the unexpected at every turn.
Anyone with a curiosity about new cultures and terrain will thoroughly enjoy this wild, far-flung adventure in a world turned upside down.