Myles Adventure

Today in Siem Reap, Cambodia, we went on a tour of a non-profit organization called Apopo where they train HeroRats and HeroDogs. Currently over 60 countries around the world are contaminated with hidden landmines and other explosives. The rats and dogs are also able to sniff out tubulocus, tuberculosis or TB is a highly infectious bacterial disease affecting the lungs, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuburlocus has killed over 1.3 million people this year

Yesterday we went on a safari in the Masai Mara National Reserve. The area spans 1510 square kilometers in the famous Great Rift Valley. We woke up at 6 am to get ready to leave from Nairobi and had to take a 45 minute drive to the place where we would get into the actual safari vehicle. After that, we had a 5 hour drive filled with big bumps that sent us towards the roof of the safari vehicle. I’m glad that we didn’t bring out big backpacks because there was barely any space

This is where they eat These are some of the kids I am the person on the top dropping a shuttlecock on people A couple of weeks ago, we visited a program that my dad started with some friends 20 years ago. The program is called Kings and Queens of Kibera and is located in the slums of Kibera, which is in Nairobi, Kenya. The program houses many kids who need a place to go to school, eat, and sleep. They also participate in art and other activities like coding and sports. The

Joseph repairing my flat tire My mom before she quit Yesterday we went on a 10 mile bike safari in a private conservation park near Nairobi, Kenya. The person that ran the tour was a man named Joseph (a good friend of my dad). Hillary (another friend of my dad) also joined us. First, we took a 1 hour car ride from the Karen area of Nairobi and drove to the Swara Acacia lodge which is in the park. When we arrived, we had samosas, they were pretty good but the Trader Joe’s sa

this is one of the funguses Yesterday we went on a hike in Sendero los Alerces. It’s a hiking trail that is part of Patagonia’s Pumalin National Park. The Alerce (also known as the Patagonian cypress), is only found in the Andean rainforests of Chile and Argentina. The Alerce trees is endangered due to illegal logging. It is the second oldest living tree species on earth, many can live up to 4000 years (the oldest is the bristlecone pine). The oldest Alerce tree is called G

About a week ago, we stayed in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile. This desert is a 1,000 mile long high altitude plateau and is recognized as the driest non-polar desert on earth. The Atacama desert is between the Andes mountains and extends to Peru, Chile, and Argentina. A fun and cool fact about this desert is that NASA uses it for testing rover-like instruments because of its Mars-like arid landscape. After the Atacama Desert, we drove to Pan de Azucar national park i

Salt flat This is us chaising the deer This is the chinchilla A couple days ago we went on a 3 day tour around different tourist destinations in Uyuni, Bolivia. Before all this fun and adventuring began, we had to take a 10 hour overnight bus to where the truck would pick us up in the desert town. The bus wasn't horrible since the seats were flat seats like beds. When we arrived at the spot where we were going to get picked up for the tour, we had to put all our bags on the

This is the killifis h A couple of days ago, we took a 10 hour train ride from Cusco to Lake Titicaca which is located in Puno, Peru. The train ride was very fancy, they fed us a good lunch and the views were of mountains and valleys. We saw alpacas, llamas, dogs, pigs, horses, and donkeys. The train was very old-schooled and looked like it was from the 1930’s. Fun fact, Lake Titicaca is the highest altitude lake in the world at 12,510 feet above sea level and is shared by P

Last week we went to a carnival in Cusco, Peru. Carnival runs from February to March and is celebrated all around Latin America in many different ways. This festival merges Spanish colonial influence with deeply rooted Andean beliefs and pre hispanic fertility rites. This festival was all over the city and involved water fights and silly string battles. That represents purification, meaning the more you get covered, the more purified you are. I can say I am purified head to t

These are terraces This is the Irrigation system Yesterday, we arrived in the city of Ollantaytambo in Peru, it is in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. This area is also where Machu Picchu is located. This valley is called the Sacred Valley because of the past and present heart of the Incan empire for agriculture. Some examples of agriculture they have here are the terraces. A terrace is what looks like big steps usually built on the sides of mountains or hills. They mad

barf fish this is the vampire fish Today we woke up at 7:00 am to go to the Amazon rainforest for a one night stay, for what will soon be the fishing adventure of a lifetime. We started off our day packing any final clothing or supplies that we would need. I didn’t have any breakfast so I was low on energy but otherwise fine. We walked down to the riverbank pretty easily since our hotel was next to the river which is called Madre De Dios (Mother of God in english). We had

Dont worry their just working out. Today we woke up at 3:30 AM to go on a big adventure around Lima, Peru. When I woke up I could barely open my eyes because I was so tired. Our tour guide picked us up in a van to go on a boat to see sea creatures like sea lions, penguins, and birds like the Peruvian booby. The drive there took about 3 and a half hours but between the ride we stopped at a store to get coffee and bread. First when we got there we went into a small sho

This is the live well This is the bonito I caught These are the fish we caught we even caught a massive snapper The other day I went deep sea fishing in Sisal, Mexico for king fish and cobia. Before we went out deep we had to catch bait with a cast net outside of the main harbor. We caught about a hundred Sardines to put in the live well, which is a place that you put bait to keep it alive. Basically like a mini aquarium. We traveled about 20 miles out to sea to find s

Pasta tiles have a complex history where they first originated in Barcelona, Spain in about 1850 by architects like Antoni Gaudi. These pasta tiles were recognized as durable, colorful, cooling properties, and a legacy to Barcelona, Spain. These pasta tile were originally used as ship ballasts for stabilizing boats these were put in the empty hulls of the boats on long voyages to Mexico. When they arrived to Merida in the Yucatan the Spanish began unloading these tiles to mak

on the way to fishing spot at 6 am barracuda that I caught trolling with a handline Myles fishing while getting eaten by gnats Myles with family on the way to the fishing spot captain Cubano fishing rig concoction Today I went on a 7 hour fishing trip in Dzilam de Bravo where I went to a mangrove river in between two islands or "los bocas" as the locals call it. We caught jacks, ladyfish, and barracuda while getting eaten alive by gnats. I caught the two barracuda while tr