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The Driest Place on Earth

Submitted by Danny Catt on Thu, 2007/02/08 - 11:29am.

Atacama Desert, ChileAtacama Desert, Chile

Three months ago if you had asked me to name the driest place on Earth I would have said (guessed!) the Sahara, the Gobi or perhaps even Antarctica… and there is no doubt that it would have taken many guesses for me to even start listing places in South America.

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See Danny's Weather Network Interview

Submitted by The Catt-Trax2 Team on Tue, 2007/02/06 - 12:09pm.

Oga Nwobosi, a Weather Network journalist, interviewed Danny Catt, Scott Watts, and Daniel Joaquin, team members of Catt-Trax2, on December 21, 2006, a few days before Danny left for South America. View the Weather Network video clip:

Pucallpa - Frontier Town of the Peruvian Amazon

Submitted by Danny Catt on Mon, 2007/01/29 - 11:18am.
Pucallpa, Peru - A Frontier TownPucallpa, Peru - A Frontier Town
What a treat it is to arrive in a new and unfami
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Adios Rio Madre de Dios

Submitted by Danny Catt on Mon, 2007/01/29 - 9:54am.

Sliding Down the Rio Madre de Dios
Sliding Down the Rio Madre de Dios

I Met the Emperor of the Amazon

Submitted by Danny Catt on Tue, 2007/01/23 - 8:03pm.

The Emperor Tamarin
The Emperor Tamarin

Up the Rio Madre de Dios, Peru

Submitted by Danny Catt on Mon, 2007/01/22 - 7:31pm.

Up the Rio Madre de Dios, PeruUp the Rio Madre de Dios, Peru

January 8, En Route to the Peruvian Amazon

Submitted by Danny Catt on Wed, 2007/01/17 - 4:05pm.

I was up early (5 a.m. is early for me!) in order to make a quick visit to the Cusco Market with my delightful host and friend from Trek Peru (thanks Dafne!) before heading to the airport to start the next leg of my journey.

January 7, 2007 – Machu Picchu to Cusco – The Case of the Disappearing Camera

Submitted by Danny Catt on Wed, 2007/01/17 - 11:54am.

Machu Picchu at Dawn
Machu Picchu at Dawn

I was up at 5am to see if I could get up to Machu Picchu to watch the sun rise… but alas, when I stepped outside and looked up at the peaks above Aguas Calientes the clouds were thick and it was raining heavily. Weather changes though so I decided to make my way up to the site in hopes that the skies would clear.

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January 6, 2007 – Machu Picchu

Submitted by Danny Catt on Sun, 2007/01/14 - 11:31pm.

New: The Route

Submitted by The Catt-Trax2 Team on Fri, 2007/01/12 - 12:02pm.

Thanks to Ross Miller in BCIT's GIS program we can now follow Danny's journey using Google Earth.

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