Honeymoon From Hell. Manuripi-Heath National Amazon Wildlife Reserve.

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In March of 1973, Holly and Gerald Fitzgerald were lost, starving and on the brink of death in the middle of Peru. The first leg of their planned honeymoon around the world was almost their last, as they fought for their lives atop of raft amongst a flooded jungle. Their love for one another and desire for a shared future kept them alive for 26 days until, of all things, a monkey led to their rescue.

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Sources Book – Ruthless River: Love & Survival by Raft on the Amazon’s Relentless Madre de Dios by Holly Fitzgerald

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