sábado, 31 de julho de 2010

An Amazonian adventure: Walking the length of a very long river


(CNN) -- With eleven days to go things are already beginning to change for Cho and I.
CNN and the media at home in the UK have spread the news about our 'little jungle walk' and the messages that are coming through to the website are just unbelievable.
If you've left one thank you so much - from Cho and me - we have been blown away.
CNN's commitment to following us has put a spring in our steps which is great as timings-wise we have our backs to the wall now.
We (I) made a navigation error a few days back misreading an electricity pylon as a road on Google Earth.
With no road, we were back into the jungle for a rude extra four to five days which we're in the middle of now. Cut to ribbons by razor grass we made 8.6km today. A 5am start tomorrow should help us make up lost time.
This expedition is already largely a memory and so I deliberately enjoyed sipping my coffee gazing into the fire's flames last night.
Cho and I often don't speak - quite content in our own little worlds as the beans bubble and the smoke escapes. We're both becoming acutely aware that 'our little worlds' here in the jungle are very soon coming to an end.
The freedom of living in the jungle for two and a half years has been wonderful; you can roam where you want and as we wash in the stream at the end of a long days walking, quite often no-one sees you but the birds and the ants.
Life in London in a fortnight may take some slight adjusting to.
I think though that Cho's due for a bigger culture shock than me when we finish.
CNN