"I have somewhat of a gypsy spirit..."

"I began to work as an artisan during my travels through Latin America. I wasn't a hippie, I was just a waiter born in a small interior city who wanted to become rich in the United States. As my job never was certain, I ended up embarking on a four-year adventure. I traveled through the Guyanas, Suriname, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc. I began fishing for shrimp in Suriname. After that I began to work as a logger in the Amazon forest; and later I traversed the Amazon with a Chilean and a Peruvian, finally arriving in Peru. This was when I began to make jewelry. We had the intention of buying ...

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