Hiking through Amazonian rainforest
Brittish explorer named Ed Stafford finished his 6500km long journey along the Amazon River in little more than two years. Ed started his journey at Camana, Peru on April 2, 2008 and ended it yesterday in Brazil, at Maruda Beach. He started walking alone but after four months of travel was joined by Peruvian forest worker Gadiel Sanchez Rivera, called Cho among the friends. Cho just intended to guide Ed through dangerous forest area in Peru but stayed to the end of the expedition.
This great adventure lasted for 859 days through three countries, but mostly through Brazilian mainland.
Ed said:
“At first it was terrifying but it’s changed in our eyes during the expedition and a place that was once mysterious and dangerous to us is now a place where we feel safe. We’ve never had more relaxed evenings than when we sit in the middle of the jungle alone around the campfire. It’s not a scary place for us now; it’s beautiful; we’ve fallen in love with it and it feels like home.”
It’s the kind of fortitude that Stafford has summoned time and again since setting out from the Amazon’s River source to raise international attention about rain-forest destruction and to help raise funds to combat it. Along this epic journey, two companions encountered a lot of danger like mosquitoes, scorpions, anaconda, pit vipers and electric eels.
The greatest pleasures of the journey, Stafford said, have been the warmth of the Brazilian people, with village children frequently welcoming him and Sanchez to new towns and their parents offering home-cooked meals.
Stafford never visited Amazon before this expedition but as he said his quest for saving Amazonian region won’t end with this effort. After the successful end of Amazon expedition Stafford took flight to England to take some rest till his next journey.
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This is one of the few articles I really read from start to finish. What an adventure. For two years, Ed Stafford experienced the Amazon life.
Considered as the breathing lung of the Earth, the Amazon has a very essential role to play in our quest for saving Mother Earth which is actually saving humanity.
Nice story written in a simple and easy to read way.
Thanks a lot!
What a brave guy. Obviously no spider or snake phobias… And interesting to note that the highlight of his trip was not the nature or scenery but the friendliness of the Brazilian people. This is a great reflection on their warmth and joie de vivre.
Wow! I never thought of it that way… Thank you for sharing your ideas on this. And I think your writing skills are good too!
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