In which The Author, being beset by a Mighty Urge to travel the planet, and ever eager to do so on Someone Else’s Dollar, agrees to accompany An Octogenarian to Brazil and Bolivia.

Just to bring any of you who aren’t paying attention up to speed, I agreed to accompany an elderly man named Ken down to various and sundry exotic, tropical, and subsequently mosquito-infested locations in South America.

For three weeks.

Now that you’re up to speed…