We could never have imagined the welcome we got at Lima Airport. As Ed and I stepped through arrivals, there in front of us were a group of school children from Padre Pio de Pietrelcina School run by Maria Sylva, all of whom held banners and welcoming cards with our names on. There were also [...]

We left Pucallpa late to arrive in Lima 22.55. Thankfully we had arranged for a pick up to take us to a hostel. Because we were getting stung for excess baggage we decided to leave our mountain bags at the hostel and go onto Cuzco with our “drop off” stuff. We eventually got to the [...]

We are now nearing the end of the reconnaissance phase of our expedition and are only seven days from starting the walk.  We are currently in Cuzco and a few things have happened of interest en route of which I will give “brief” details below. Iquitos was a success when we had our meeting with the [...]

Shortly before we were due to fly from Manaus to Tabatinga Ed received an email from Bruce Parry.  He was in Tabatinga getting ready to leave for Tefé (a small town that sits between the two cities).  We thought this could be a perfect opportunity to meet up with Bruce and the BBC crew.  They´ve done the [...]

Ed and I are currently in Manaus, the largest city on the Amazon. The city has approximately 2 million people and sits snuggly on the point where the Rio Negro meets up with the Amazon. From the air the long line where the two rivers meet can be seen for many miles. Manaus is also [...]

¨Why are they in Sao Paulo?¨, I hear you ask. Our plan has always been to do a recce (advance trip) of our route before we actually walk it. This means that from now until April 1st, Luke and I are flying and going by boat to the larger settlements that we will pass en-route [...]

The week has been hectic!!! With Ed and I doing our packing the day before we leave??!! I picked up Ed at about 05.30 on Friday morning and we drove to High Wycombe. The entire day was spent sorting kit. Stuff was everywhere! (photos to come). We didn’t have a break until about 19.00 when [...]