Life and Death in the Andes

Having lived in Colombia through the Pablo Escobar era and also having visited Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, I loved this book. For some reason I have always been intrigued by the history of South America and MacQuarrie does an excellent job of telling it's story. In addition, he weaves his true tales of the past and not so past in a very readable manner. I only got the book to read about Escobar but couldn't put it down as each chapter seemed more interesting than the one before. MacQuarrie was an experienced traveler of South America before he undertook the journey that resulted in this book. He made me feel like I was along on the trip.