Ascending South America

Day 64 8th November Finally River Amazona. After over two months and driving more then 6000 km and eight rivers finally we reached Amazon, world biggest river. Reaching Amazon river required celebration, Whisky bottle was promptly opened and passed around. Andy and...

Day 63 7th November Andy packing the boats at the end of the day, while people come in after shopping from next big town. Lunch break at Borba, a relatively big town south of Manaus. Steen’s tube started to leak air again and very fast… His weight was reduced and he...

Day 62 6th November Inflatable boats are new here and always generate curiosity. On this section of the river we see more and more fossils. Tree Fossile. Compared to the upper section of the river, we see much less gold mining here. With last few hundred kilometres...

Day 61 5th November Dense almost not possible penetrate the jungles on the side of River Roosevelt. Lunch break. Leading up to a village. Edwin and Stefano filling their fuel bags. After long and continues struggle trying to find fuel, finally we find it easily and...

Day 60 4th November During the day sun is very strong and a break or two in shade has become a must. Today we walked up to a village to rest. We camped at Sau Antonio De Carpintuba, a small village in a small hidden creek in River Roosevelt. At the end of the day it...

Day 59 3rd November Steen starting his engine and 'choking'. View of Rio Maderia from Aripunana, a small settlement and important hub for river transport. We stayed in guest house instead of camping… at the harbour Pablo was on duty to look out for luggage. Stefano is...

Day 57 1st November Channel out of Punta Do Campo had shallow water, coupled with lots of tree trunks and required carful navigation. Andy on the lead boat showed the way. Village Punta Do Campo is a small village on huge lake formed in the inlet of the river. With...

Day 56 31st October Completing 5500 km on river. It was too hot to stop for some real celebrations, but still a all the boats got together for a hand shakes and hugs. Another milestone reached and a reminder that nearly thousand km more to go.   Goldmning...

Day 55 30th October Gold mining in progress. Picked up local person. Who was very happy for lift, much faster then his slow boat. In scorching heat and 90% humidity crew badly needed rest, and boats too. Some shade, any shade helped. Due to various reasons, gold...

Day 54 29th October Sand banks still appear,sometimes from nowhere. Andy’s boat so stuck so badly that Stefano had to toll it out. Village Calama is another small settlement on the river which totally disconnected with the world. Nearest road is three hours of boat...

Day 53 28th October Andy taking the boat under a low barrage. Entering a small channel. River has numerous channels, which sometimes connect to main river, and sometimes not. Here this narrow channel lead to two lakes. A mid river delight. After unloading boats from...

Day 52 27th October Third leg of the expedition finished here.While Edwin, Toni, Paul, Wenka and Brando leave, Pablo and Werner join the team. After loading the boats on truck,team had time to look around the city. Local museum was a good education. Taking boats out...