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  • ep39

    Planet Kapow 39 : Fundacion Viracocha

    THE MACHETE: floats through the air above me, spinning slowly, the rusty blade catching the sunlight. I slowly reach out my hand, close my eyes. The hilt lands in my palm with a gentle thwack. Behind me, Danielle is throwing herself into a patch of...

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  • ep38

    Planet Kapow 38 : Salento to San Agustin

    MY EARS: pop furiously all night, the right ear sounding like a thousand champagne bottles corked in quick succession, as the bus ducks and weaves dangerously along the narrow mountain passes on its way south from Bogota. In the dawn light we pass muddy rivers,...

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    Planet Kapow 37 : San Gil to Bogota

    THREE SMALL: children on bicycles cling to the rear bumper of a semi-trailer slogging its slow way up a mountain. Another small boy on a hairpin turn holds a handmade flip sign indicating whether it’s safe to pass. Our driver drops him a coin from...

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  • ep36

    Planet Kapow 36 : Mompox to Medellin

    THE WILD: backcountry of Colombia is where the land really comes to life, flooding the senses with shades of green I hadn’t thought possible. In the dusty streets of Bosconia we are physically grabbed by a couple of men and dragged bodily toward a minivan...

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    Planet Kapow 35 : Cartagena to Taganga

    WE FIND: ourselves in Turbo with Sebastian and Pixie, negotiating with a couple of touts in front of a bus armoured with bull bars and heavy-duty off-road tyres; it is a rough road ahead. The day is hot and our packs are heavy and the...

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  • ep34

    Planet Kapow 34 : Panama City to Turbo (The Darién Crossing)

    SO HERE: we are, in a 4WD driven by a lanky Panamanian with a gold tooth cut into the shape of the Playboy Bunny. We were up at four o’clock, giddy with excitement, and even though he was two hours late to pick us up...

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