Wanderlust UK 03.2020

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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