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En 1956, el artista Fernando Montes escribió este diario de viaje en su recorrido entre La Paz y Rurrenabaque. Con sus compañeros, descendió a pie y en callapo desde los Andes a la selva tropical de Bolivia. Era un mundo que estaba cambiando radicalmente. Con mirada de artista, describe la variedad de paisajes y naturaleza, la acogedora comunidad de fugitivos, y los hospitalarios mosetenes que inspiraron una serie de pinturas. Este viaje marcó su vida y su desarrollo artistico de allí en adelante.

In 1956, the artist Fernando Montes wrote this diary travelling from La Paz to Rurrenabaque. With his companions, he descended on foot and by raft from the Andes to Bolivia's tropical rainforest. It was a world that was changing radically. With an artist's eye, he describes the variety of landscape, vegetation and wildlife, the welcoming community of fugitives, and the hospitable Mosetén tribe who inspired a series of paintings. This journey marked an important stage in his artistic development and he would remember it for the rest of his life.