I finished packing my rucksack in the kitchen of a cattle ranching family this morning and went to find the mum to say thanks. She was washing the family’s clothes by hand by the river and would not accept a penny. I had wandered into the village at about 4pm yesterday asking for a place [...]

A pure white flash exploded before our eyes and and a almighty SNAP! ripped down through the warm wet air. A telegraph pole, three meters from where Cho and I were standing in the driving tropical rain, had been struck by lightening. We could not stop smiling and laughing, completely charged with the adrenaline our [...]

An Enforced Diversion from Walking the Amazon Videos on Vimeo. I booked my flight home yesterday. Flexible dates needless to say – but provisionally flying out of Brazil on August 29th. Its important to get this booked to keep the cost down but its nerve-wracking to put your cards down on the table with four [...]

Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) stopped Cho and I walking through their land recently. We’re not grumbling about this as it is private land and they were well within their rights to turn us back. That said, its interesting that it is only the second time in over two years that we’ve been turned back [...]

The scars visible from Google Earth that we were aiming for were open-cast iron-ore mines connected by vast industrial conveyor belts, paved roads, and diesel trains pulling 20 trailers of earth. The company was called Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN) and they flatly refused us permission to walk through their land. Somewhat taken aback we [...]

Aside from the usual, very generous, donations we’ve just had a whopping £6,000 from Barry McCarthy. This is extraordinarily kind and helps us no end – thanks Barry. This was even during a lull in our fund-raising efforts – we’re almost ready to launch the final push for sponsorship with our new “beach sponsor flag” [...]

Text below is taken from a news article on Mongabay – the link can be found here. A new study on the link between howler monkeys, mosquitoes and humans during a recent yellow fever outbreak in Brazil suggests that howler monkeys can act as a warning signal for humans.    In 2008 and 2009 seven [...]