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We didn’t really know what to expect of the three Guyanas, French Guyana, Suriname and Guyana that are nested on the northeastern corner of South America. We had never met anyone who travelled there and they are definitely not big on the tourist map. The plan was to make use of the short drier season nested between the major wet seasons - typically lasting from January to April - and to re-enter Brazil from Guyana before the infamous road linking Georgetown and Lethem turns i

Having previously visited the wetlands of the Pantanal and the thunderous cascades of Foz do Iguaçu, this was not our first visit to Brazil. This time however, we returned with a bolder ambition: to trace most of the vast contours of a country that spans nearly half the South American continent, or so we thought. Brazil, the fifth-largest country on Earth unfolds across immense distances. Yet for overlanders, the true barriers lie not only in miles but in bureaucracy. Most Sc

Back from Europe we used our last remaining days in Bolivia to visit the jungle. More precisely the area around Trinidad. Having installed the spare parts and enhancements we brought from Europe we started our journey north from Santa Cruz. A strike was announced which resulted in even longer queues than normal at the petrol stations. Luckily we were still pretty full and so we didn’t bother. The road led us through cattle herds and soya plantations, many of them run by Menon

Lake Titicaca, many of you might have read the accounts of Alexander von Humboldt about this famous lake and from childhood on its name...