\n I first suspected that something was seriously wrong when I saw the ski read the rest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently came across some notes I took shortly after being kidnapped by Tupac Amaru guerillas in Peru. It all came rushing back, and inspired a posting concerning Michael Jackson, the Crocodile Hunter, NYTimes columnist Nicolas Kristoff and myself, which … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/mejoe.jpg\")
I recently came across
\n some notes I took shortly after being kidnapped by Tupac Amaru guerillas
\n in Peru. It all came rushing back, and inspired a posting concerning
\n Michael Jackson, the Crocodile Hunter, NYTimes columnist Nicolas Kristoff
\n and myself, which you can hopefully read in this space tomorrow. Meanwhile,
\n back to the kidnapping:<\/em><\/p>\n
\n masks. Since we were in the middle of the desert, almost directly on
\n the equator, I realized the chances of snow were slim. I considered
\n the possibility that I was dreaming, but a million tiny details told
\n me this was real. The air on the ancient bus was fetid; too many people
\n crammed into a space too small for far too long. It was 3 a.m. and
\n the rustles, snores and tiny private groans of people trying to sleep
\n filled the close confines.<\/p>\n