The Route: The Infamous BR 319 In reality, we are trying to run to an island. On a Brazilian roadmap you will not encounter distances to Manaus, because it is effectively an island, and you can´t simply drive there. But is has not always been that way. In the 70´s, the military goverment sought to …
Due to the logistics of the next stage, from Humaitá to Manaus, we have had to temporarily adopt another running trailer. We used recycled materials again, in the same vein as the last, and stuck with bamboo construction. Key differences for this one are the use of bicycle forks, rather then the rear section of …
Question from 8 year old, George, Morpeth, Northumberland. Thank you very much! Hmm. Now this is a particularly tricky question for two people who love wildlife and have a particular soft-soft for the feathered variety! Especially, as along the course of the thousands of miles that we have run, it has been birds more than anything …
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We have arrived in Humaita, small town which marks both the end of week long slog, and the start of what will probably be he hardest stretch we will face on the expedition, crossing the Amazon Rainforest Part1! The last days have been fairly dull from a running perspective due to deforestation by the roadside …
Click here to learn more about the threat of mega dams in Brazil with International Rivers. Click here to learn about the work Amazon Watch are doing about the current threat of the Belo Monte Reserve. Click here to watch a film about the Belo Monte dam and the Indigenous People whose land the dam …
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Congratulations to Douglas Anderson and the Lean-Swadlings for winning !! We so appreciate everybody’s incredibly generous ticket purchases.
Amazing news! After lending a favourable ear to our desperate appeals for extra funds to help cover the remaining expedition costs, we have received top-up grants from