Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest

The colorful story of one couples journey across the world to build their dream home in the heart of the Amazon . In 1989 as their mid-life crises approached concert pianist Binka Le Breton and her husband Robin an agricultural economist decided to uproot themselves from their home in Washington D.C. and start a new life in Brazil. . Where the Road Ends is their story of building a house a rainforest research center and a new dream. Since then theyve learned how to work with the trees the animals the weather the local community and each other. Their technology now ranges from the oxcart to the Internet and in 2000 they opened a rainforest conservation and research center that is visited by foreign researchers and Brazilian school children. . From meeting their resident cowboy Albertinho to beheading snakes to chauffeuring a local wedding―the adventures described here are unparalleled. This delightful memoir takes the armchair traveler deep into another world where matters of providing food and shelter can never be taken for granted. Binka and Robin have embarked on an adventure that many readers only dream about―transplanting themselves in a different country and learning (often the hard way) what it takes to survive and flourish. . A good read for armchair travelers. - Kirkus Reviews