Inspiring Travel Writing About Jungle: Page 3 of 3

"I can't claim to have been there with Balboa, but I did explore Darien in 1972 and wrote an article about it in the Geographical the same year. I was part of an expedition organised by John Blashford-Snell to drive two of the first Range Rovers..."

"The revelation came only slowly, dazed as I was, prostrate under a palm tree, sheltering from the full strength of the sun. Gradually it gathered its full portent, the horror and responsibility, while the sunlight spangled"