Andean Adventures:

An Unexpected Search for Meaning, Purpose and Discovery Across Three Countries

Life is all about Lessons.

Shot at, arrested, threatened and endangered – Author, Allan J. Wind, survived incredible and unexpected dangers as a global humanitarian volunteer and lived to share the powerful lessons he learned on his travels.

If you’re struggling to find inspiration and motivation because of the challenging events going on in the world, this book is a reminder that there are many remarkable stories of people out there who do care and whose generosity is changing the world.

Service is a calling.

President Kennedy’s words in 1963 still have relevance for us today: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

Words have power. Let the words of the Andean Adventures take you into a world beyond what you may have ever seen and experienced.

From Brooklyn New York to the Andes Mountains, you’ll get a front seat to the incredible stories as the author traveled and lived in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. “Doctor” Alonzo as he was nicknamed, found himself surrounded by indigenous peasant leaders and communities in raucous tribal celebrations, social movements for change, wonders of nature and marvels of human kindness and romance while hitchhiking to the very tip of South America and its glaciers and penguins.

Along the way, there were unexpected dangers – near-death illness in the jungle, getting shot at in a police-military crossfire, an arrest and detention behind bars by an anti-American colonel looking to jail some gringos, tear gas and police truncheons from Nazi-influenced fascists in Chile, terrorist car bombs in Peru and an expulsion order by a drugs & thugs U.S. Ambassador in Bolivia when he got in the way of illicit spying.

Doctor Alonzo candidly shares his story of discovery and adventure among the peoples of the Andes. With simple honesty, “Doctor” Alonzo tells the tale of his own enlightenment to inspire others to be of service and for the next generation to dedicate themselves to the principles of working to build a better tomorrow.