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Cut off from civilisation, the Guiana Highlands that border Brazil are one of the least known regions on earth, until recently believed to be the location of El Dorado and the fabled tribe of Amazon warrior women. Inspired by young French explorer Raymond Maufrais, who went missing in the area in 1950, adventurer John Harrison and his wife Heather retrace his journey into the Amazon, with only a canoe and a shotgun for company. Unaided and off the map, they encounter jaguars and poisonous frogs, are threatened by malaria and almost lose their way entirely. This is an incredible story of a couple's gruelling survival in the Amazonian wild. AUTHOR: John Harrison's first book, Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure was described as 'an admirable book by an admirable man' in the Daily Telegraph and a National Geographic documentary was about him in 1991. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The voyage is mainly by canoe, but to get through the jungle, they have to carry all their kit in stages between two tributaries of the Amazon. Through the trip they almost fall out, get very lost, and run out of food. But in the end make it through to French Guiana.
I really enjoyed this, it came across as a really tough journey, that was very close to ending in disaster, in particular when they were separated whilst moving kit. They came out the other side ok, and hopefully they are stronger because of it. I fully intend to read his other book, Up the Creek.
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