20 wanderlust.co.ukMarch 2020
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Theageofadventure
AfterdodgingtheriotsinSantiago,
Chile,Ihadiveenchantingdayson
EasterIsland.Thenitwasbacktothe
mainlandwhereIjoinedanoverland
truckforiveweeksofcamping
throughChile,Patagoniaand
Argentina.At78,Iwasoldenoughto
beeveryone’sgrandmother!
BrendaBoulton,viaemail
Yourmailandmissives:completingahikingchallengeinNepal,aneye-opening experience in
theArctic,avoidingtroubletoexploreChile,PatagoniaandArgentinaandmuch more...
Remembering
atriptoPeru:
“MachuPicchuis
oneplacethatlives
uptoitshype.”
@travellustlarry
Recalling
Ethiopia’s
rock-cutLalibela:
“Wasthereduring
thefestivalof
StGeorge.Amazing
experiencetobe
thereatdawnwith
thepilgrimswho
travelfrom
milesaround.”
@2WeekTraveller
Sharing
memories
ofNamibia:“The
contrastsand
incrediblewildlife
makethis
aphotographer’s
dreamlocation.”
JeremyPainting
Remembering
hisfavourite
thingsabout
Pakistan:“Breakfast
atCuckoo’sDen,
Lahore,and
adrivethrough
MargallaHillsin
Islamabad.”
FaisalAmjad
Arcticeye-opener
Werecentlyspent 12 daysintheArctic
aboardthePolarPioneerwithAurora.
Webeganandendedourtripin
Longyearbyen,andtravelledasfar
northas 81 degreesreachingthepack
ice.Wehadaneye-openingmoment
concerningclimatechangewhenwe
weretoldthat,atthesametimethe
previousyear,thelagoonwewere
oninourZodiachadformedpartof
theglacierthatwasinfrontofus.
Frances&TomSamson,viaemail
Star letter
Challenge completed
We have always enjoyed mountain
trekking, particularly the wide open
spaces, tremendous views and
sense of achievement, but we had bee
about the Everest Base Camp trek. It came with a reputation for being
crowded, covered in litter, and why would you set out to just go halfway up
a mountain? However after reading an inspiring article in Wanderlust
[June 2013] the nagging seed had been planted, and by 2019 we could resist
the temptation no longer. As mountain treks go, this one is exceptional:
surrounded by 8,000m mountains, the views in every direction are stunning,
and the sense of scale was unlike anything that we had experienced before.
Chris & Helen Hartley-Sharpe, via email
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Breaking down barriers
Just back from lovely Sri Lanka. We
were last there during the 1970s and
little has changed. The locals are
still smiling, the food is great and
the tra ic just as manic. The main
di erence is the presence of –and
access to – more national parks. We
visited four, including Yala NP,
where we saw this tusker. It had
broken through the irst fencing at
the park and this last piece of thin
wire stopped him reaching a road.
Derek & Irene Mepham, via email
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