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October 23rd 2007

Published: October 29th 2007

For me, this was the part of our visit to South America that I was looking forward to most. I have always been intrigued by the Amazon rainforest. I had also been eager to visit Coca since I read Joe Kane's book "Savages" (a fascinating read if you can get your hands on it(. Not because Coca is a particularly beautiful place, in fact it is far from it, but to see for myself both sides of Ecuador'... Read Full Entry

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Books that have inspired me... Eight Feet in the Andes- Dervla Murphy The Gringo Trail- Mark Mann Between Extremes- Brian Keenan & John McCarthy Into Thin Air- Jon Krakauer The Death Zone- Matt Dickenson A Death in Brazil- Peter Robb Himalaya- Michael Palin Seven Summits- Rick Ridgeway Savages- Joe Kane The Trail to Titicaca- Rupert Atlee Marching Powder- Rusty Young... full info

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30th October 2007

Fiona
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I love that you get an Amazonian God and Mark gets... a mouthful of ants and a tarantula! Your Gisele will be hanging around the next tree, I'm sure of it Mark. I'm off to Edinburgh this wknd, can't wait!

5th November 2007

Simon
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Nice Legs
Jayzus that's a spider and a half. Rather yizzer than me. Kate exhibiting questionable taste with the less than strapping Patricio - maybe Mark could fulfill her fantasies by tucking his jeans into his wellies, growing a paunch and putting on a Status Quo wig?

6th November 2007

MichaelM.
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Dictionary Work
You have me glued again viewing a part of the world that is so fascinating that it makes you use words that I have to resort to the dictionary in order to understand them. Wonderful! The Creative Writing staff of Loreto and the Royal wwould be proud of you. Fabulous writing. So Mark where is that elusive guide? Buried in the forest!

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