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Trekking South America: Part 4 of 5
Living through what felt like a lifetime.
Recommend reading Parts 1–3 before continuing.
Yearning For Home
My once dream to backpack the world was fading like the jungle behind me. I had survived being held captive and conveyed with the military around the continent of South America.
Upon returning to Margarita Island, where I began my trek, I met with “Reiko,” the person who had taken me to the mainland holding cell, where I stayed a few days before embarking on my journey across South America. Once we got off the shipping boat transporting passengers from the island to the mainland, I was back in Caracas.
Caracas, Venezuela
This time was heading to the heart of the city with my escort. So many people knew Reiko. As we began to enter the city, he would loosely describe where we were or what was going on. He told me of the meaning of the blue vs red bandana's which were…
