Well, actually no, there were not any jungle cats...but Tommy did get stung in the ass by a particularly ferocious bumble bee.

That, and other happenings from our first episode in the Southern Hemisphere: heartbreak of a fellow ciclo-viajero, daring open water rescues, harrowing descents from a high-altitude volcano blizzard, and another sobering reminder that we are still gringos struggling to talk good.