Please Help Put Some Adventure In My Story?

Please help put some adventure in my story? Heres it so far: Prologue Once upon a time in Alexandria an alchemist named Ramses went looking for the secret formula to time travel. He searched the sandy deserts of Egypt & the damp rainforests of the Amazon. He found long lost treasures & tribes but still he did not find the formula & so near to the end of his life he returned to Alexandria. On the way...

Where Are Some Good Places To Find The Type Of Adventure Found In Movies??

You see all these movies (Indiana Jones, James Bond, Sahara, National Treasure, etc.) that have awsome adventure sequences. Now of course it is a movie so it is slightly blown out of proportion, however it has to be based on something at some level right?? where can i get involved in cool stuff like that??? Like looking for lost treasure and such. Something that doesn’t involve a lot of investment...