ALONG THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER, Ecuador -- My Spanish is rusty and I wasn't sure I had heard the pilot correctly. You want me to rappel? From the helicopter? "It's only about 40 meters," he said. "You will have a beautiful experience." This was unexpected. So was the fact that I found myself standing on the tarmac wearing a camouflage Ecuadoran military uniform (Ejercito -- Army -- was written over my breast pocket). And that a dozen teenage beauty pageant contestants had come to see us off. I had traveled with U.S. soldiers in Iraq and figured a walk in the rain forest with Ecuadoran soldiers would be easy in comparison. Wrong. "Don't worry about the snakes," a colonel told me with a smile. "Worry about the guerrillas." .... more

Field Notes Washington Post, United States - 3 hours ago I had traveled with US soldiers in Iraq and figured a walk in the rain forest with Ecuadoran soldiers would be easy in comparison. Wrong. ...

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