
Moonrise Gingdom
March 2015 More visitors to Jinja Island! First up, I played host to Jess from Canada, Antony from the UK and their mate Chris from
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.

March 2015 More visitors to Jinja Island! First up, I played host to Jess from Canada, Antony from the UK and their mate Chris from

June 2015 I wasn’t expecting to still be here on Jinja Island. But I told you the “three lies of Bocas”, right? 1. I’m leaving

Thursday 10th – Friday 11th April 2014 We left Punta Gorda in the morning, a bit sad to leave. I didn’t really get a measure

Wednesday 16th April 2014 We arrived in the small town of Coba after nightfall. The town comprised of a boring old road and a rather

June 2016 Arriving back in the UK, I was picked up from Manchester airport by my mum and her mate Anita. The conversation home to

Sunday was spent getting to know the other contestants – Murad from Jordan, Veronica from Italy, Rosa from Texas, Brittany from LA, Robin from Sweden, Chris from LA, Kalyn from Canada, Liron from Israel, Tom from Perth, Alex from Moscow, Tan from Sydney, Natalie from Brighton, Jo from South Africa, Karen from Boston and the aforementioned Mert from Istanbul.
