July 1978 in Peru and I had paid my passage on a Cargo boat running from Puccallpa to Iquitos. I had to hang around a few days until we were due to set sail and so I found a nice camping spot by Yarina Cocha Lago Lake and chilled, enjoying the sun-sets, the spooky sounds [...]
Unfortunately, I had to sell my Camera before arriving in Guatamala and so I have no images of Pacaya – the above is Cerro Negra, Galapagos, but the following extract from the diary I kept says it all
I left Pacaya, Guatamala late one afternoon and walked 3 or 4 kms up to another small [...]
During 6 months on a Galapagos Island, tagging turtles I had built up quite a relationship with some of the wildlife. A one legged Lava gull relied on my fishing for much of its sustenance, and a family of Pelicans sat next to me when I fished (nicking most of my catch).
In April, a young [...]
Travelling 3rd class by train, from Karachi on route to Peshawer, we had been befriended (and rescued) by Manzoor. He couldn’t do enough for us, putting us up for a night at his half-built house and then driving us around the North West Frontier and through the tribal area of Darra. Darra is a smuggling [...]
I caught the Train from Khartoum to Wau 3rd Class – the ‘Slow Train to Wau’. And slow it was, often at walking pace, preceded by a guard checking tracks for damage and sand cover. There were a few break downs on the way, too – spent most of one day at Babanusa with the [...]
I had been working with a UNICEF Hand-Pump crew for a week or so, travelling around Southern Sudan in an old Bedford Truck
The Chief and Elders at the village of Tabaan suggested we might all enjoy a ‘Bush Roast’ to celebrate the new hand-pump that we had installed. Consequently, I joined a small hunting party [...]
Spending 6 months on a Galapagos Island, tagging Turtles does strange things to the mind. Writing articles for a spoof magazine “The Quinta Playa Gazette” helped to while away the time – as did building an English Pub out of drift wood and whale bones! The following from the QP Gazette was titled “QP [...]
