#Manaus

I have felt intense bouts of loneliness at various times in my life but nothing comes close to life as a naive 19-year-old, who had just been abandoned by his travelling partner outside the opera house in Manaus, the Heart of the Amazon. I had no idea what to do next, or where to go. And so I slipped into the most terrifying journey of my life for a chap scared of heights - 6 days on top of a truck carrying Brazil nuts on a road that did not officially exist in parts, up through the Amazon into the Andes to La Paz. I still have nightmares.

This chapter is from the inaugural presentation of Around the World in 80 Disasters at Agroturizam Stipino in Baranja.

If you are a bar/restaurant inside Croatia or out, interested in hosting an Around the World in 80 Disasters night, get in touch. If you would like to buy the book, it is on all the Amazons in paperback and Kindle - here is the German link (for Cro buyers) - https://www.amazon.de/Around-World...... chapter is from the inaugural presentation of Around the World in 80 Disasters at Agroturizam Stipino.

If you are a bar/restaurant inside Croatia or out, interested in hosting an Around the World in 80 Disasters night, get in touch. If you would like to buy the book, it is on all the Amazons in paperback and Kindle - here is the German link (for Cro buyers) - https://www.amazon.de/Around-World......