I can’t remember the last day that it hasn’t rained now – the rainy season has really started. Amusingly as we progress down river the season will follow us – so its rain until July for Cho and me. I seem to be lucky with my constitution but the weather has started to take its [...]

Fransisco is an artist and painter from Pebas, Peru.

“Holy shit!” whispered Pete McBride, “National Geographic” and “Men’s Journal” photographer. We were both up to our waists in opaque waters and surrounded by shafts of sunlight piecing through the tangled trees. At first I thought he had seen a snake, unsettling enough on hard ground but distinctly unnerving in deep water. I turned to [...]

OK – flooded forest was getting us down somewhat and we had to change our tactics if we wanted to finish the expedition this decade. So into the hills we headed with a fantastic guide called Mario. Mario, with warm trustworthy eyes, carried his flour sack backpack with a strap over his forehead and could [...]

We left Santa Rosa, heading for Roca Eterna, with no food. We knew it was about three days walk (six kilometres of flooded forest) but the village shop had nothing – so we left with nothing but a soggy bag of salt. At 4:30pm, having walked just over a kilometre and a half, we hatched [...]