The Secret of Jinja Island
31 March 2017
March 2017 I couldn’t hold on any longer. A few days after my 38th birthday, I said goodbye to my mum and dad and made
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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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SOS Island Boot Camp Day 1: SHELTER
30 September 2013
Monday 30th September 2013 Day One started a bit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjLS4lLBWM Then this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS8yaHtl_Us And then we went LIVE TO THE WORLD!! Sadly,
SOS Island | Day 5 | Pizza Express!
11 October 2013
Friday 11th October 2013 Episode 5 – Lost and Found Behind-The-Scenes Diary So the crew have sussed out that we’ve been secretly stealing food and
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.
The Importance of Being Jinja
21 June 2016
June 2016 Arriving back in the UK, I was picked up from Manchester airport by my mum and her mate Anita. The conversation home to
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,