Sheri Blaney

Victor Englebert was a Belgian-born anthropologist, explorer, and author who dedicated his life to studying and documenting the cultures and traditions of remote and little-known peoples around the world. With a passion for adventure and a deep respect for indigenous knowledge and ways of life, he traveled extensively throughout Africa, South America, and Asia, bringing back stories, artifacts, and insights that enriched our understanding of the human experience. He began his life of adventures at the age of 24, riding a 125 cc Vespa scooter from his native Brussels to Cape Town across the length of Africa. Englebert has traveled by camel with a Tuareg salt caravan, by horse around Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, the Peruvian Andes, and across Patagonia from coast to coast, and with pack donkeys in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. He also joined another camel salt caravan between Ethiopia's high and low lands and a llama salt caravan in the Bolivian Altiplano. Englebert has crossed Borneo's rainforest from end to end by houseboat, canoe, and on foot, with eight porters to carry his money (trade goods). Victor has tramped through the Amazon many times, once in search of mysterious pyramids and once spending a month among the Yanomami Indians. Throughout his adventures, Englebert faced many dangers, including falling into the hands of Eritrean guerillas in Ethiopia who mistook him for an Israeli spy and put a revolver to his head. However, they spared him when they discovered two admissions into Algeria in his passport, as Israelis were not allowed into the Arab country.