Peru: In Tropical Lands with Iain Sinclair
A father/daughter journey into the Amazon. I have always been haunted by my great great grandfather Arthur Sinclair. These podcasts are the story of a journey to the Peruvian Amazon with my father, retracing Arthur's steps and his expedition of 1891. This journey inspired Iain Sinclair's book, "The Gold Machine" and Grant Gee's film of the same name. These are the conversations we had along the way, with each other and those we met, as we discovered the forgotten legacy of the British Peruvian Corporation, and heard first hand from the Asheninka tribes who live there still. Sometimes the past is a place you can visit. First episode to be uploaded on 2nd September. Edited by Anonymous Bosch
Peru: In Tropical Lands with Iain Sinclair
Episode 2 Huancayo to La Oroya
Farne is struck down with altitude sickness, and has to rest in the hotel thinking about her family back home, while Iain heads off with Lucho to the markets and the Ocopa Monastery which was the base for the Catholic missionaries. Iain gets caught up in the San Pedro festivities.
By the next day Farne has recovered and they negotiate a car to take them back up to Arthur’s mule route and to La Oroya, one of the worst polluted places on earth.
Iain and Farne talk to Grant Gee, the film maker travelling with them, about his inspiration for making “The Gold Machine”.
Iain is reminded of the South Wales of his childhood in the 1950’s, in the era of coal mining and tin smelting.
By nightfall they have reached Tarma, and spend the night in the Hacienda Santa Maria.