The first half of the book made sense. The rest is just a history and a daytrip of the Amazon and the Islands he flies over. He lands on a couple but sort of zips by them way too fast. If you want a much better description of the Amazon, read John Grisham's 'The Testament'. I really think he should've concentrated more on either doing a traveloge or a biography. This mixed bag gets annoying flipping between Central and South American history and his life. He should've gave us the bar stories of his life in music and on and off the stage or a really good story of his travels that made him into the man he is. Not a small combination of the two.