http://www.expeditionamazonas.com A Journey from Source to Sea Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:28:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we bathe in the afterglow of the successful Expedition Amazonas mission, assimilation into 'normal life' & 'everyday living' has in itself been a challenge. The post expedition workload has been a heavy one as we continue to work through our sponsorship commitments, media exposure, attend sponsor trade ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/06/11/the-last-post/ A trip down memory lane. Remember this? 3 epic days with Nice and the boys on the Rio Apurimac. Please enjoy.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8yuGFqUmU[/youtube] http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/04/16/memory-lane/  Hello all.  Apologies (again, I think) for the lack of news or updates of our post-expedition goings-on.  Rest assured it is continuing to be a hectic time for Nathe and I.  Nathe has recently returned to Australia and is currently in Sydney, NSW awaiting the arrival of the expedition gear we ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/04/14/long-time-no-hear/ It is more than 2 weeks since Nathe and I finished our epic adventure. As I write this Nathe is venturing back up the Amazon aboard a passenger boat. At every opportunity he is locating an internet cafe to check and reply to personal and expedition related ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/03/10/walk-on/ As I write this post, I am seated, quite comfortably I might add, in the VIP lounge of LAN Chile at Santiago International Airport. I would like to tell you that they heard of Nathe's and my exploits and have bumped me up to first class for the trip ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/03/01/homeward-bound-for-one/ On the 21st February 2008 at pretty much the stroke of midnight we realised our goal of navigating the entire length of the longest & biggest river on the planet, under our own power – Rio Amazonas. The final 2km was in pouring rain, howling wind & knee deep stinking ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/02/25/4th-team-in-history-from-source-to-sea/ -0.6618 -48.043883  Just after 12 midnight on the 21 February 2008 we became the fourth ever successful team in the history of mankind to successfully navigate the entire length of the mighty Amazon River from it's ultimate source at Mt Mismi to where it meets the Atlantic ocean some 6800 odd Kilometres ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/02/21/mission-complete/ 2.8113711933311402 -49.5703125 Well, well, well...here we are, Belem. A spot on the map that a couple of months ago we did not dare even gaze upon because of the sheer distance we had yet to cover. But hopefully, leaving tomorrow we have around 150km to cover to reach our ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/02/16/some-random-thoughts/  We finally arrived in Belem yesterday, the 12th February 2008, some 17 days after leaving Santarem. This final leg has been extremely challenging & we arrived totally exhausted & very happy to check in to our final waypoint before the Atlantic. We want to keep moving to the ultimate goal ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/02/14/the-11th-hour/ -1.455833333 -48.50444444 We arrived in beautiful little Santarem just on 3 hours ago – 7.00am Brazilian time. We are happy with our progress after what began as a very challenging first 2 days after leaving Manaus. Let me explain… We actually departed Manaus early evening on Friday the 18 Jan. We were very keen to ... http://www.expeditionamazonas.com/2008/01/29/scorching-into-santarem/ -3.05511911739745 -54.8640010905234