Like Dolphins Can Swim
30 September 2014
September 2014 After the storms of July and August, the blue sun-shiny September days were a blessed relief. This is low season here in Bocas,
The Jinja Blog
Where next for the man who has been everywhere...?
On the first of January 2009, I crossed the River Plate from Argentina to Uruguay. Thus began The Odyssey Expedition my incredible, hilarious and occasionally terrifying four year journey to every country in the world without flying, as accredited by Guinness World Records™.
You can read all about The Odyssey Expedition by tapping on the link below.
I officially finished the journey at the end of January 2013 and by the summer of that year I was already ready for my next adventure, and so I signed up to be a contestant on SOS Island: a Samsung-sponsored survival show hosted by Les Stroud.
And guess what? I won.
The prize was $100,000 towards an island adventure of my choice. Thus began The Road To Jinja Island.
But before becoming the lord and master of my very own taste of paradise, my girlfriend and I ran around Belize, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras on what we called The Ruta Maya.
We then travelled south to Bocas Del Toro, Panama where I embarked on an three-year long adventure living off-grid on the tropical island I named Jinja Island.
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Ruta Maya 11 – Jus’ Chilan
21 April 2014
Monday 21st April 2014 – AM We were told to be ready to go at 6.30am for today’s organised tour of Yaxchilan and Bonampak. However,
We Have To Go Back, Kate
16 March 2019
March 2019 On February 28th 2019 I achieved something few people thought possible: I turned 40. As part of my birthday present, I was gifted
Off The Rails
31 October 2015
October 2015 As October rolled around I had to get my head into gear, make the Jinja Island house good enough for people to live
New York, New York
21 September 2013
Arriving at JFK around 8pm local time, I was greeted at the airport, for the first time in my life, by a guy holding a sign with my name on it. Well, almost – he’d missed the second ‘h’ in Hughes. But it’s the thought that counts. Yes indeedy, your humble narrator here got Lincoln’d all the way to Manhattan, courtesy of CBS.
SOS Island | Day 4 | Colonel Blimp
10 October 2013
Thursday 10th October 2013 Episode 4 – Survival of the Smartest Behind-The-Scenes Diary Good morning! Yesterday we got some decent food (which I cooked magnificently)!