
Dancing In The Dark Lands
October 2014 – Part 2 But before long the tranquillity was invaded by these two: Carmen and Vreni from Germany. Their arrival was rather well
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.

October 2014 – Part 2 But before long the tranquillity was invaded by these two: Carmen and Vreni from Germany. Their arrival was rather well

Wednesday 1st January 2014 So then. Welcome to 2014. We saw in New Year at the 1920s-themed bash at the Kazimir, the coolest night spot

Monday 23rd September 2013 – Part 1 Today I paid homage to the most New York of all New York films: Ghostbusters. The timeless story

Tuesday 8th – Wednesday 9th April 2014 After a few days of sleeping on buses, border controls, passport stamps and terrible food, Casey and I

Monday 24th March 2014 There are loads of buses throughout the day that take you to the bordertown of Sixaola, just 30 miles from Bocas

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.
