Things are Looking Up – Naadam and Road to Kharkhorin – in maps
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
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
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…
Crocodiles and Ray Mears
…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
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…
Packrafting Nicaragua – Getting to Ayupal
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…
To Packraft the Rio Coco – A Crazy Idea?
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
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
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…
Lessons Learned Packrafting on the Rio Dulce, Guatemala
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…