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Things are Looking Up – Naadam and Road to Kharkhorin – in maps

Posted on Jul 25, 2013
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Having made the decision not to do a big packrafting trip, the relief was tangible. Finally I felt like I could do things I really wanted to. And I wanted…

Video of Packrafting the Rio Coco

Posted on May 20, 2012May 20, 2012
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And here is the video for the second half of our Nicaraguan packrafting adventure. From the confluence of the Rio Bocay, we paddled down the Rio Coco passing several Miskito…

Video of Packrafting the Rio Bocay

Posted on May 18, 2012May 20, 2012
NicaraguaPackraftingThe Great AmericasVideos

There’s no doubt about it. Packrafting in Nicaragua was one of the highlights of my journey through central America. Apologies for not yet finishing the blog of the trip. I…

Photo thanks to Lars Bengtsson

Crocodiles and Ray Mears

Posted on Apr 23, 2012Apr 23, 2012
BlogNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great Americas

…And so we survived our first day and night on the river. But who knows what the new day will bring… It brought crocodiles. The day started calmly. The early…

Afloat and Quiet Content on the Rio Bocay

Posted on Apr 17, 2012Apr 17, 2012
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So there we are, a-floating down the river. Calm water through a tunnel of trees. Walls of silence through which nothing passes. Just a white-noise buzzing in the background of…

Inflated and ready to go

Packrafting Nicaragua – Getting to Ayupal

Posted on Apr 14, 2012Apr 16, 2012
BlogNicaraguaThe Great Americas

The packrafting trip began long before we reached the put-in point on the Rio Bocay. Crowded chicken buses from Somoto to Esteli and on to Jinotega. The inevitable sit-and-wait at…

Pipante on Rio Coco

To Packraft the Rio Coco – A Crazy Idea?

Posted on Apr 03, 2012Apr 04, 2012
BlogNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great Americas

Or, A Poco Loco on the Coco? The idea: To packraft down a river somewhere in central America. We had the packrafts, so that just left a river to find.…

Photos from Packrafting the Rio Bocay and Rio Coco in Nicaragua

Posted on Apr 02, 2012Apr 02, 2012
BlogNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great Americas

We bought 10 days of food in Jinotega, up in the highlands of northern Nicaragua. We figured this would be enough food to keep us going (although we only had…

Off with the Bikes – Chicken Buses and Packrafting Somoto Canyon

Posted on Mar 31, 2012Apr 01, 2012
BlogEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great Americas

El Salvador is a small country, and we were not there long. Of course, I have stories to tell… of drunk teenager thieves and trying to wake a deaf and…

Lars in his Alpacka Raft

Lessons Learned Packrafting on the Rio Dulce, Guatemala

Posted on Feb 28, 2012Feb 29, 2012
BlogGuatemalaPackraftingThe Great Americas

The plan was simple. Take a rucksack with supplies for a couple of nights and packraft down the Rio Dulce to Livingston on the Caribbean coast. But not everything always…

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