Along the River That Flows Uphill

Authors Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt recount the story of their travels on the river Casiquiare, a strange river that connects the Orinoco and the Amazon river systems by apparently flowing up and over the watershed that divides them. Along the way, they also explore the humorous and serious aspects of off-the-map travel including a brush with a tribe of Yanomami Indians and a confrontation with FARC guerillas.