Having signed up for a 50km trek to prepare myself as best I can for my solo expedition in Colombia, I decided on the Brecon beacons 50km trekfest event.

In the last month, I have secured 4 new sponsorship and partners with organisations which are paramount to the success of the expedition to the darién gap In Colombia and Panama.

Any extended expedition is a physical and mental feat for the human body.

The equipment to take on a solo expedition lasting more than a week.

I headed to Puerto Rico for a stop gap of relaxation, before I headed over to Colombia and prepared for the Darien gap.

The expectation of meeting Bear Grylls was always imagine if I actually could. But it was introduced me by a man a pestered for ages to speak about my upcoming expedition to the Darien Gap.

Bali is tropical paradise so my trip was initially family oriented. A wedding in which I spent a little time with the family and then I went of to explore the island. Initially a place called wanigiri a small community in the mountains of central Bali.

So as we arrived in the favela we were immediately stared at, me in particular as I evidently don’t look Brazilian and people who travel in the favelas are known almost always by the young men and women on the front gate.

2 days in Rio de Janeiro - this article is about the two days before going into Marè and how I spent my time in Rio

We began today in high spirits as the river was said to be clear until after an island called gluck island. Where the river had separated into, two wide channels where was looking forward to seeing.